Well, this is certainly not the post I was expecting to make to kick off 2025. You probably noticed that in the last few weeks MAHQ hasn’t looked quite right. Unfortunately, we ran into some technical issues that caused various problems, but everything is mostly back to normal now. However, this did mean delays to both working on content and announcing new things that have been worked on recently. But that should all get back on track now. Additionally, at some point soon I’ll be writing a post about what you can expect from MAHQ this year as we prepare […]
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