End of a chapter: The Star Tracker
I’ve received some questions about the recent announcement that The Star Tracker’s new IT platform will be developed by our friends over at log consulting, instead of my company Quodis that did the original development (in sweet old ASP 3.0).
We never knew TST would grow to have this kind of attention, and when it did, Quodis transfered its share of TST to the newly founded company Ixion, where I was a co-founder. As time went by and things at Quodis changed (focus on clients, SaaS, new partner, new mindset) it became clear that rewriting TST in a new language (be it RoR or PHP or or or) was a challenge that would completely take our time and focus in a direction we do not want our teams’ focus to be set.
In the meanwhile a new purpose and context for TST emerged in the hands of Tiago Forjaz: Fundação Talento, a project to promote portuguese talent around the world. At this point I decided to commit all my focus and resources to Quodis, donating my share of TST to Fundação Talento and leaving Ixion behind, and convincing everyone that we needed a new IT partner to keep developing TST.
I was closely involved in the process of choosing this new IT company, and still maintain an active role in IT advisory for TST. Quodis currently still does The Star Tracker’s hosting and maintenance, and we will work hard to help the guys at log prepare a smooth transition to the new platform. From there one, I will once and for all have no practical ties to TST, other than the obviously great memories and experience I gathered throughout these 2 years, together with a Mashable Open Web Award and 30.000 users from over 140 countries.
