Almost invariably when we see posts like these on Hacker News, the person actually had prior programming experience, but just happened to start taking it seriou

Almost invariably when we see posts like these on Hacker News, the person actually had prior programming experience, but just happened to start taking it serious for the last [small number] [unit of time]. Thus is the case here. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4050952 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4050952 However, it's impressive for a first project. I hope you stick with it.