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Thanks those of you throwing down $. It really is a morale boost for me, to know that I'm not alone here in keeping this good ship Cascadeclimbers.com. I want to build this so it will last. The challenges for this project are unique, but I've already faced so many keeping this site going that I'm feeling confident we can do this. This is just another bridge to cross, there will be more. We will cross them.

I just learned of a new headache I’m going to have to deal with. Our apps in the forum won’t migrate to the new version of the forum software without significant refactoring. So i have to refactor/update them. With the new tools I have it’s just going to be a lot of AI tokens to get this work done. I’ve paid for a years license for the AI software, but in this work it’s so intensive that I burn through the daily token credit in a 2 hour session. I can “put more quarters” in the machine, it’s usually 5-15 dollars and then I run against my own time limits. what does this mean? Well this…I have a significant project in this that I need to work on this year. We do have money in the war chest which I can use. I would prefer to hold on that for emergencies, so if possible you can support this project with a small donation. 5-15 dollars supports one evening of me coding and working on this migration. Donate button is at the top. I’m just going to mention this once and will just pull money from from existing funds as needed. This isn’t public radio, no 24 hour telethons here. thanks for being here and your support!

I wanna go in there right now

Here is a couple ideas: before spamming your project on random climbing boards that are actually communities that you had zero engagement with…try doing that. i can write an game/app in two hours and I’m not even a coder. i wish you the best, but don’t spam my people here with this. I would actually just ban this kind of content (if you’re building a relevant app and contribute to our community I will support you), but let this serve as a warning to others.

I realized that only being able to sign up for the montly email via the sidebar wasn't the easiest way to get thie word out, so I created linkable page:https://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/index.php?app=monthlytrmails&module=index&controller=subscribe Share this to your friends via email or via social media or where ever! I encourage you to do so, because the more eyes on our trip reports, the more others are inspired to add there own story here...and that is what we're all here for. So the more the merrier. Get the word out if you can, that is one way to help this site.

We may add features later so you can also sign up to get the Gear sale or other things, but let me know what you want. This is a community first and will continue to be. We not trying to sell you anything, but I sure would love to hear about your trip in the mountains. BTW, if anyone has experience on how to set up an entity as a non-profit, that is the plans we have for this site and community.

I created a new application that lets you sign up to get a email with a clickable links to all the new TRs for the month. So if you forget we exist you'll be reminded and you'll see all the new TRs. I tested it and it looks good so far. You can opt out and I've tested that. It will also include whatever I have in the "Annoucements" tab. I may put an add in there for AAI occasionally....maybe not...but it could happen so don't be mad it it does. Its cool feature! Let me know if you see anything weird with it. Its on the right sidebar. It disappears after you sign up. I put other logic into it too. When you sign up you won't immediately get an email, but I'll add something right now to let you know you're signed up. The actual email only goes out at the end of the month. But that will be it! No other BS, I promise. I don't want BS either. This is so cool, i'm having fun with this crap!

Trip: No Where - Dog route Trip Date: 03/09/2026 Trip Report: Just testing Gear Notes: chewing gum Approach Notes: via the internet

you're hired

Now that I'm standing on the stilts of AI, I'm making quick progress in remediating some very complex issues that have plagued the site. One has been a problem with new registrations not recieving their registration email so they could sign in. I believe I have it fixed. Try it if you've been frustrated before. The amount of things I fixed just today on this site is amazing. I can't actually believe it myself, but this is where we are at. And its going to get even better. I have plans. I'm looking for accomplices.

If you want to use the search function you'll need to create an ID and login. I had to turn that off because bots were messing with forum and kept getting performance usage alerts. So just create an account and be logged in if you want to use that function. Thanks!

do you have the other three bags all listed here too?

I’m sure we can do this

Yes that is a current bug. I need to do analysis on how to best drop the non-TRs. I’ve also started on a TR fixing tool admins and mods can use to fix broken TRs that are missing info or are incorrectly formatted. But to do that I need a vision of what a “correct TR” looks like. Then I can use that as a basis for fixing all of them or at least selecting them for corrections

I just need us to crowd source ideas for making this site better code wise or any way. Lets hear your ideas. A LOT more just became possible.

Just fixed a bug in the search tool where if there was a space in the name it would search "Lucas+Ng" and not "Lucas Ng". Gotta be able to see @Lucas Ng and EVERYONE's TRs in there! I just happened to notice this. Claude is very smart, but its not infabblile. Do let me know if you notice anything else.

It’s good to get some good news these days! Thanks for sharing!

just did a little rearranging of the form and check boxes in TR Search. Also note I moved it to the far right on the top menu. I also renamed the "Trip Reports" to more accurately be "Submit TR". Probably all I'll do today unless i get some burning idea.

Good hanging out with you today @Otto!

added "best of cc.com" to the search TR search function. Keep in mind this is limited to TRs, so if not in the TRs forums then those won't show up. but the TR search is all about TRs so that is why.

I just added a "first ascent" selection in the search tool. You can search by FAs in a region by season, or whatever you want to slice or dice it. if you know of an FA that doesn't show up, then PM me a link. I'll add the tag and it will show up in search. This is pretty fun. Please add your feature enhancement ideas here. I will see what I can do. I have other ideas, but this is going to get better everytime I touch it.

currerently results are just showing any post in a TR forum for a user. I'll get that fixed. Also I think I'm going to make a tool for fixing TRs which Mods and Admins can use to fix TR posts to get them properly formatted. We may also be able to search by tag. But I'm out of tokens for the day, so next time.

made the search results look like forum view. dang this is pretty fun.

added autocomplete to the search for author. it continues to be wonky. but i can continuelly iterate this to improve.

Oh I quickly realized that buying the Pro version was the thing to do. im using Claude code, which is suited to my level…not an IDE. ive worked with some really smart people and the process it uses is uncannily similar. The actual coding part is more black box but when it troubleshoots it tells you what it’s checking and why. It took it like 8 iterations to get it right but it did. I thinks the one part I’m wondering about it how good can it get at actually enabling my vision of what I want. It may just come down to my ability to write prompt rather than Claude not being able to execute.