Hi HN,<p>I'm happy to finally ship my first development project: http://favsi.com. Favsi is a site to share lists of random stuff. Things you probably wouldn't post anywhere else. Like:<p>• Favorite cheesy ninja movies
• Favorite original NES games
• Favorite songs to sing in the car<p>There's been lots of list-type apps cropping up lately: Bagcheck, ListGeeks, Listry, and probably others. Mini-trend?<p>Some Background:<p>By trade, I've been mostly a <i>business guy</i> [shudders] at startups, but have been working to change that for awhile now. I started learning Ruby a few times last year but had trouble sticking with it. It was tough to see how the stuff I was learning would turn into an actual product.<p>Early this year, I decided to jump straight to learning Rails. That actually really helped. The more defined structure and near-instant results of getting <i>something</i> running were huge for me. Building that momentum helped me finally start to understand how fun (and addictive) development could be. Rails is a gateway drug.<p>Favsi is not a huge technical achievement, but it's been amazing for building my confidence to make stuff and dive deeper into programming.<p>Thanks for all the inspiration/support/guidance HN.<p>Cheers!<p>Justin<p>http://favsi.com
This is sweet!! Truly impressed! Care to share what happened between the thought "I'll dive straight into Rails..." and this? I mean the hardships, the tools, the references, the whole process basically - you're as battle-tested as they come, you must chronicle your adventures.
Congratulations; it looks great! I am trying to develop some technical skills as well. How long did it take you to learn enough to build Favsi? What were the resources you used? Would appreciate your help with this as I'm really bogged down between choosing the right websites/books and the right language, etc.
I am the biz-guy in my startup and have been learning Python during my lunch breaks. I work on building a consulting business in the evenings so I can leave my day job and work on my startup. This would free up time for learning to code. I am only responding because I find your insight into Rails interesting and will be looking into that for myself. Good luck with your education (coding) and your development project.