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As most of you know, my guys and I pulled an all-nighter so that, at long, long last, we changed our host provider (that is, the servers which provide Slope and all its services). This was actually our third attempt over the past month, and we finally succeeded. Slope is a very, very, VERY complicated site (even to very experienced people), so it truly was like changing jet engines on an airborne flight.

At 4 this morning, when we threw the switch, it seemed things went pretty well. In fact, I thought we were just about done. On a scale of 1 to 10, however, we were actually at about a “2”. Just about everything was broken. But we improved steadily throughout the day. I’d say we’re at about an “9” right now. The broken stuff that remains is pretty much just internal administrative pages and SocialTrade stacks..

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