DEVELOPER DIARY: New PM Code
By coonce 11 Comments
Hey guys - just a heads up to let you know that we just pushed out some new PM code that is much more stable and scalable.
When we launched the GiantBomb redesign, we made a few (what we thought were optimizations) changes to the PM inbox and outbox logic in an effort to speed them up. We launched GB, everything was a-ok so we assumed the changes that were made were good.
Turns out, with larger data sets, as found on ComicVine (which is about a year older than GB), this new logic crapped the bed. So we had to take PMs on ComicVine down until we could get a fix out.
Fixed the problem over the weekend, but had to do a bunch of data migration/testing to make sure all of the data was consistent in the new system. Anyway, we just pushed the new PM code out this afternoon on CV and about 20 minutes ago on GB..... everything should be back to normal now.
New PM Features:
Since the main goal was to get CV up and running asap, we deferred the new features until later this week. They are (in no particular order):
* PM Forwarding = The ability to forward a PM thread on to one or more people.
* PM Delete Forever = The ability to completely remove yourself from a PM thread.
* PM Search = The ability to search your PM inbox/outbox (this prolly wont happen for awhile)
* PM Blast = The ability for staff to kick important notification emails out to the entire userbase. This will help us announce events, downtimes, etc....
* Smarter Auto-Completer = The new auto-completer will search your friends and staff first before it moves on to other users in the system.
* Next / Back Functionality = The ability to move fwd and backwards between PMs without having to go back to your inbox.