Today was a day where only one thing went right. Nothing went wrong, really, but there was surely not much to be had overall. Yesterday, on the other hand, was mostly a 'right' day. Funny how these things jump from day to day. And all these 'rights' and 'wrongs' can be attributed to code. Coding is actually a lot more stressful than it seems. At least, under certain conditions.

I've been working on some code for a MovableType plugin called MTStats which is exactly what it sounds like, page stats for every page that is served from MovableType, assuming you've placed a simple MT Tag within the page. The project itself seems almost simple at first glance. You need some code to tell the plugin that you've visited, some code to create that visit in a database and some more code to read the database entries as per user requests and organize them in to neat rows. This project is different from any other because it's under certain time restrictions under which I don't have to complete the project but I have to include the code I think best represents my skill as a coder. I started by planning the big picture out on paper and then creating a basic structure in code. Normally, I'd tackle the large problems on paper before I started at them in code but I can't seem to focus on paper for the large problems. When I have a little more time to work on a project, the harder solutions tend to come to me when I'm taking a break from code but I don't think I have enough break to cover all the code problems that I'm getting to. It's frustrating.

At any rate, I have no idea when you'll actually be able to get this plugin in any decent form from me. It all depends on where the short-term code takes me...