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My girlfriend, a nurse of 10+ years, just started learning to code on her own, built her first (basic) website (https://www.nataliepeterson.dev https://www.nata

My girlfriend, a nurse of 10+ years, just started learning to code on her own, built her first (basic) website (https://www.nataliepeterson.dev https://www.nataliepeterson.dev) and is applying to Lambda School already. I sent this to her this morning and she was elated. Programs like this really work.

tqkxzugoaupvwqr 8y ago
For whatever reason this website feels so personal. Instant flashbacks to the 2000s. I love it. Hint for picking a random image when clicking on the image: The currently shown image should be excluded from the list of images to draw from. This prevents the problem that sometimes clicks appear to do nothing, although in reality the same image was randomly picked again.
- seancoleman 8y ago
  Great suggestion. I will pass along the feedback to the developer :)
  - jxub 8y ago
    A carrousel could work as well
    - fokinsean 8y ago
      carrousels are so passé
- Ntrails 8y ago
  I got the same vibe, so much of ones self just thrown onto a page to see what will happen. Super fun to see. Good luck to the author :)
- quickthrower2 8y ago
  This is what the web would look like if everyone learned to program and got off Facebook. I can only dream! It's https and 100 speed score on https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nataliepeterson.dev%2F https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=.... I'm guessing this is on something like Netlify, as it's fast and there is HN hug of death.
rhcom2 8y ago
> I have no idea what I am doing, but I like it. Talk about relatable. 10 years in and I still feel this way.
sound1 8y ago
"hi cutie" lol... someone knows how to market well
- seancoleman 8y ago
  I forgot she added this for me. She doesn't know I posted this here and thinks I'm her only visitor still. She'll be embarrassed, but I told her if she's not embarrassed with her first version, she's shipping too late.
  - ergothus 8y ago
    > she's not embarrassed with her first version, she's shipping too late. Valuable wisdom! Thus inspired, I might make it "If you aren't embarrassed, you haven't shipped yet"
- sound1 8y ago
  i meant that in a positive/fun way, sorry if it came across as rude :-)
  - seancoleman 8y ago
    Not at all!
- DoofusOfDeath 8y ago
  Yeah, it was certainly one of the more flattering websites I've seen all week. :)
yertletheturtle 8y ago
"I have no idea what I'm doing, but I like it." This sums up pretty much the entire field ;)
CydeWeys 8y ago
I've been really happy to see all the nice personal sites and blogs that people have been creating on .dev domains, this included. It feels like the Web of the late 90s that I grew up in. She can send a oneliner PR to get her site included on https//fullname.dev if she wants, and if she hasn't yet started using GutHub this would be a good learning opportunity for it.
seancoleman 8y ago
Since it was brought up by @CydeWeys, here is Natalie's GitHub repository of this website: https://github.com/nataliepeterson/coconut https://github.com/nataliepeterson/coconut. PR's (and issues) are welcome :)
- CydeWeys 8y ago
  She should definitely send a PR to add herself to fullname.dev then! https://github.com/CydeWeys/fullname.dev https://github.com/CydeWeys/fullname.dev
  - seancoleman 8y ago
    Thanks, I just passed this along to her!
    - minhaz23 8y ago
      My girlfriend is in an incredibly similar position, shes an embryologist pursuing a CS degree, but it's at a super old traditional school and their tech isn't sexy web dev javascript type tech. Do you or your girlfriend have any advice for her? A good tutorial or course or book that's been really helpful to your girlfriend and can help mine ship something soon?
tomp 8y ago
Lovely website! One suggestion: it looks like the image is randomized on each click - the UX is that sometimes it doesn't work, because the randomly chosen image is (presumably) the same one - so probably the better choice would be to randomly chose a different image.
eq_sd_ 8y ago
This reminds me so much of when I started (almost 5 years ago now). My then boyfriend shared his interest in design and development and I ended up taking some programming courses for fun. I had no clue wtf I was doing for so long but I liked it...I also made a little app and made my brother click a button that spit out the text "You're stupid". The courses and self teaching went a long way. I started at a crappy digital design agency and now work at a company many people have heard of! Good luck to your girlfriend! I'm inspired by her.
ericd 8y ago
lol I love this, especially the little easter eggs.
- deleted 8y ago
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owenversteeg 8y ago
I love that site! Feels refreshing and old. Nice to see that not everyone learns to code these days by following a terrible React tutorial that gives them nearly a gigabyte of dependencies for a simple project.
throwaway808080 8y ago
“I have no idea what I am doing but I like it!” Haha what a fun website.
minhaz23 8y ago
My girlfriend is in an incredibly similar position, shes an embryologist pursuing a CS degree, but it's at a super old traditional school and their tech isn't sexy web dev javascript type tech. Do you or your girlfriend have any advice for her? A good tutorial or course or book that's been really helpful to your girlfriend and can help mine ship something soon?

tqkxzugoaupvwqr 8y ago

For whatever reason this website feels so personal. Instant flashbacks to the 2000s. I love it. Hint for picking a random image when clicking on the image: The currently shown image should be excluded from the list of images to draw from. This prevents the problem that sometimes clicks appear to do nothing, although in reality the same image was randomly picked again.

seancoleman 8y ago
Great suggestion. I will pass along the feedback to the developer :)
- jxub 8y ago
  A carrousel could work as well
  - fokinsean 8y ago
    carrousels are so passé
Ntrails 8y ago
I got the same vibe, so much of ones self just thrown onto a page to see what will happen. Super fun to see. Good luck to the author :)
quickthrower2 8y ago
This is what the web would look like if everyone learned to program and got off Facebook. I can only dream! It's https and 100 speed score on https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nataliepeterson.dev%2F https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=.... I'm guessing this is on something like Netlify, as it's fast and there is HN hug of death.

rhcom2 8y ago

> I have no idea what I am doing, but I like it. Talk about relatable. 10 years in and I still feel this way.

sound1 8y ago

"hi cutie" lol... someone knows how to market well

seancoleman 8y ago
I forgot she added this for me. She doesn't know I posted this here and thinks I'm her only visitor still. She'll be embarrassed, but I told her if she's not embarrassed with her first version, she's shipping too late.
- ergothus 8y ago
  > she's not embarrassed with her first version, she's shipping too late. Valuable wisdom! Thus inspired, I might make it "If you aren't embarrassed, you haven't shipped yet"
sound1 8y ago
i meant that in a positive/fun way, sorry if it came across as rude :-)
- seancoleman 8y ago
  Not at all!
DoofusOfDeath 8y ago
Yeah, it was certainly one of the more flattering websites I've seen all week. :)

yertletheturtle 8y ago

"I have no idea what I'm doing, but I like it." This sums up pretty much the entire field ;)

CydeWeys 8y ago

I've been really happy to see all the nice personal sites and blogs that people have been creating on .dev domains, this included. It feels like the Web of the late 90s that I grew up in. She can send a oneliner PR to get her site included on https//fullname.dev if she wants, and if she hasn't yet started using GutHub this would be a good learning opportunity for it.

seancoleman 8y ago

Since it was brought up by @CydeWeys, here is Natalie's GitHub repository of this website: https://github.com/nataliepeterson/coconut https://github.com/nataliepeterson/coconut. PR's (and issues) are welcome :)

CydeWeys 8y ago
She should definitely send a PR to add herself to fullname.dev then! https://github.com/CydeWeys/fullname.dev https://github.com/CydeWeys/fullname.dev
- seancoleman 8y ago
  Thanks, I just passed this along to her!
  - minhaz23 8y ago
    My girlfriend is in an incredibly similar position, shes an embryologist pursuing a CS degree, but it's at a super old traditional school and their tech isn't sexy web dev javascript type tech. Do you or your girlfriend have any advice for her? A good tutorial or course or book that's been really helpful to your girlfriend and can help mine ship something soon?

tomp 8y ago

Lovely website! One suggestion: it looks like the image is randomized on each click - the UX is that sometimes it doesn't work, because the randomly chosen image is (presumably) the same one - so probably the better choice would be to randomly chose a different image.

eq_sd_ 8y ago

This reminds me so much of when I started (almost 5 years ago now). My then boyfriend shared his interest in design and development and I ended up taking some programming courses for fun. I had no clue wtf I was doing for so long but I liked it...I also made a little app and made my brother click a button that spit out the text "You're stupid". The courses and self teaching went a long way. I started at a crappy digital design agency and now work at a company many people have heard of! Good luck to your girlfriend! I'm inspired by her.

ericd 8y ago

lol I love this, especially the little easter eggs.

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owenversteeg 8y ago

I love that site! Feels refreshing and old. Nice to see that not everyone learns to code these days by following a terrible React tutorial that gives them nearly a gigabyte of dependencies for a simple project.

throwaway808080 8y ago

“I have no idea what I am doing but I like it!” Haha what a fun website.

minhaz23 8y ago

My girlfriend is in an incredibly similar position, shes an embryologist pursuing a CS degree, but it's at a super old traditional school and their tech isn't sexy web dev javascript type tech. Do you or your girlfriend have any advice for her? A good tutorial or course or book that's been really helpful to your girlfriend and can help mine ship something soon?