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I think that your story is very interesting. Essentially, producing volume is the same as iterating on the same product over and over; only starting the iterati

I think that your story is very interesting. Essentially, producing volume is the same as iterating on the same product over and over; only starting the iteration from scratch. One thing I would like to point out, however, is that there exists a difference between the set of websites that can be built in a day and the set of websites which cannot. For example, websites which require back-end technologies generally fall into the latter category. The skills learned in perfecting the former are somewhat different than the skills necessary for the latter. I would encourage Jennifer to take some time after this and explore the second category to further her abilities.

jenniferDewalt 13y ago
I totally agree. This project is meant to be a jumping off point for learning to code. On day 180 I certainly won't be an expert at anything, but I'll have the tools I need to keep exploring.
- petea 13y ago
  >chacham15: For example, websites which require back-end technologies generally fall into the latter category. The skills learned in perfecting the former are somewhat different than the skills necessary for the latter. The funny thing is you already knows unbelievable amount of backend code for a beginner. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6099489 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6099489)
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  - ceol 13y ago
    Did you see her initial commit?[0] It's the default Rails app. Any tech-savvy person can throw that up on github in a day if they know nothing about it. The next time she changes the app/ directory, where all the actual Ruby code goes, is two months later.[1] Absolutely nothing she's said has given the impression she is trying to mislead. [0]: https://github.com/jendewalt/jennifer_dewalt/tree/258e91c40f9fe313788175ac667f814759d705e1 https://github.com/jendewalt/jennifer_dewalt/tree/258e91c40f... [1]: https://github.com/jendewalt/jennifer_dewalt/commit/c0d02c8cee3358839801b19933328bf3f24f7ea6#app https://github.com/jendewalt/jennifer_dewalt/commit/c0d02c8c...

jenniferDewalt 13y ago

I totally agree. This project is meant to be a jumping off point for learning to code. On day 180 I certainly won't be an expert at anything, but I'll have the tools I need to keep exploring.

petea 13y ago
>chacham15: For example, websites which require back-end technologies generally fall into the latter category. The skills learned in perfecting the former are somewhat different than the skills necessary for the latter. The funny thing is you already knows unbelievable amount of backend code for a beginner. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6099489 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6099489)
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- ceol 13y ago
  Did you see her initial commit?[0] It's the default Rails app. Any tech-savvy person can throw that up on github in a day if they know nothing about it. The next time she changes the app/ directory, where all the actual Ruby code goes, is two months later.[1] Absolutely nothing she's said has given the impression she is trying to mislead. [0]: https://github.com/jendewalt/jennifer_dewalt/tree/258e91c40f9fe313788175ac667f814759d705e1 https://github.com/jendewalt/jennifer_dewalt/tree/258e91c40f... [1]: https://github.com/jendewalt/jennifer_dewalt/commit/c0d02c8cee3358839801b19933328bf3f24f7ea6#app https://github.com/jendewalt/jennifer_dewalt/commit/c0d02c8c...