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Farewell

Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I announce that I cease all development and activity in the programming universe indefinitely. My career has reached the turning point I was not expecting for at least another year, leaving me highly off guard and without laid-out plans for this hobby's continuity. I have begun a 5-year residency program in Neurosurgery which is clearly not compatible, time-wise, with programming.

I gave in all my passion for developing, and you gave me back your loyalty and trust, even when I did not deserve that much. Now it is the time for payback. I release all my present and past work as Open Source software, in the hope some talented developer will continue maintaining and expanding my vision of a modern, sleek forum software. The intrinsic flexibility of MyBB is the true hidden gem of an otherwise outdated codebase; I do hope the project can continue and be updated complying to the latest coding standards.

I hereby thank Euan, kawaii, andrewjs18, Ben, Matt, Omar G., effone, Eric J., Devilshakerz, Wildcard, JordanMussi and all the other team members I have had the opportunity to work with when I was a MyBB team member. I thank Tomm M, my mentor, who inspired me to pick up coding with his piece-of-art plugins. And finally, I thank all of you MyBBoost subscribers who have helped me getting through my toughest university years economically.

Yours sincerely, Filippo

All development on hold

27 Apr 2020 Edited
#1
Hi all,
my graduation is approaching. I have to make sacrifices in order to achieve the goals I have set and put the pressure I am dealing with at ease; development unfortunately is one of these. I am sorry to announce that all development is officially on hold till further notice. My graduation is projected to happen around July 2020, so I would say it might be a reasonable date to return operating at full capacity here.

I will continue to provide support eventually, but delays up to 1-2 days are likely.

If you want to purchase existing plugins – most if not all are stable, including betas – you still can. Beware though, you will not receive support as promptly as usual.

In the meantime, I shall thank all my subscribers for their fundamental economic support provided through the years. If I am inches close to become a doctor, I owe you to some extent.

PARTY POPPER UPDATE 15 Jul 2020


I am now a M.D.. I will be unavailable for work until mid-October due to important business I have to take care of to pursue my future career. All development is still on hold – except for minor adjustments to existing plugins which are applied slowly.

Shade
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Darth-Apple 28 Apr 2020
#2
Many thanks for the hard work on your plugins. Graduation is more important, and I truthfully don't know how you found the time to write all of these on top of the burdens of school. I deal with this myself. My graduation nears as well.

Congrats on your degree, and take care of yourself in the days that come! :)
Shade 28 Apr 2020
#3
Thank you! MyBBoost and its plugins are the result of years of development, it seems a lot but it's really not that much. Congrats on your degree as well!
Seeker-Smith 28 Apr 2020
#4
Congrats.
Dr.Jeet 3 Jun 2020
#5
Yes, I know. It is very difficult to pass a medical examination without proper reading.
All the best for your exam.
honger 31 Jul 2020
#6
Hey Shade, how was your graduation? Unless it didn't take place because of the virus.
Shade 31 Jul 2020
#7
Hi, thanks for asking, I graduated and I am now a fully licensed M.D..
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