The big software release came around 5:00 on Friday. There were a few scary moments, but that’s normal with these things. The biggest of these involved a problem with the format of a report. In the end, it was deemed to be “something that can wait until Monday” and the release was declared a success around 6:30.
Several project team members may have immediately adjourned to a nearby bar.
The big test for the system came today. The web site is accessible to the public 24×7, but the nature of things is such that most of the people who visit the site do so during the work week. We got through today with only one glitch, and that one was a relatively minor data issue.
I’m not ready to declare complete victory quite yet (after all, I was at the office until 8:00 this evening and won’t have time to get bored tomorrow either). But I don’t feel the weight of the world quite as much as last week.