I'm going to release a beta (very early) version of a new effort to keep the site going into the future.

I'll put a link here, probably by the weekend. I will appreciate people giving it a try and providing feedback.

Of particular concern is the support of mobile devices since about 30% of the traffic comes from this (and it's a miserable experience in my opinion).

Another goal is a "serverless" design, which means I will eventually not have to maintain a full OS on an "instance" to drive the site. I have also chosen a framework that is cloud-agnostic, so I could roll into any of the big providers very quickly.

Because I haven't completed the new authentication mechanisms, the beta will likely be read-only. I'm trying to be very mindful of readability and coherent navigation. This includes eliminating the multi-forum approach in principal in favor of using things like RWD and AWD as tags or categories.

I have am very grateful to those have been loyal to this site. It's really astounding that we have about 1.5 million posts. From a technical POV, this makes for very interesting challenges that have long helped me and continue to help me sharpen my technical skills.

Note that if you know of sites that you find especially pleasant to use, I'd be interested in seeing them. Please share on this thread. I consider Medium (medium.com) to be the best example of very thoughtful layout, font usage, etc., but would like others to compare.

-Jarrod