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jennifer_dewalt

a.k.a. 180 Websites in 180 Days

5Distinct people
7Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
1.1KGitHub stars
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a.k.a. 180 Websites in 180 Days

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by month7 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2013-07-24 19:28:05 UTC to 2014-04-03 11:59:54 UTC.

012342013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 commentsJul 20132013-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsNov 20132013-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsApr 2014

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Jul 20132013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-08-01 00:00:00 UTC404
Aug 20132013-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-09-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 20132013-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Oct 20132013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Nov 20132013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 20132013-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20142014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 20142014-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20142014-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 20142014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-05-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

7 sources
I don't know why she has never mentioned someone she worked with at all. I commented about this about her 70 days ago. --- So let's see her repository (https://github.com/jendewalt/jennifer_dewalt). This girl not only became a competent front end developer in 100 days, but looking at the Gemfile, she knows how to use capistrano, redis, capistrano, paperclip, omniauth and devise? She knows the best practices for Rails perfectly. She not only grasped to use MVC perfectly, but also organized asset codes perfectly in like 50 days. I forgot to mention that she knew Rails from like day 1. Additionally, she knew better to hide sensitive information about secret tokens for maybe AWS in the config folder and other Rails environment info. Really? Is Hacker News this gullible? If you really want to see what actual beginner struggle with for 10 hours
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a day, go take a look at StackOverflow. Beginners are struggling for hours to create hoverover effects and persistent footer. --- Edit 1. While rereading this blog post, I found that she made the first simple Rails app on day 69. So who was it that set up all the Rails dev environment for her starting day 1. I don't understand why she still wouldn't disclose how someone else helped her.
In After 180 Websites, I’m Ready to Start the Rest of My Life as a Coder
I check in from time to time and am continually impressed with her cycle of innovation and release...amusingly, if you check her repo, the way she's structured the app is basically batshit crazy (creating a controller for every new app, even though each app is mostly static HTML and JS)...but hey, it works, and it works well, and just goes to show how imperfect implementation isn't the end of the world. (her controllers directory in the repo: https://github.com/jendewalt/jennifer_dewalt/tree/master/app...) And yet, not knowing exactly how to structure things is enough to hold back novices and experts alike. The OP just plowed through -- devoting a half year of her life to this -- and will have made more web-sites (or thingies) than I'll make in a lifetime, and doing it for self-enrichment. If only more people had that same attitude.* * Ye
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s, she's lucky that she has some situation where she can devote a huge chunk of her life to exploring web dev...but it's not as if everyone has to do the half year route...Doing a simple web-page/widget/app a week, or every two weeks, is a manageable commitment for people who are already in the online/web industry.
In Week 23: Changes
In case anyone misses my other reply to this troll, her initial commit[0] was the default Rails app, which most any newbie can get up on GitHub in a single day. She didn't even touch the app/ directory, where all the Rails-specific code lives, until two months later.[1] Please, no one believe this jerk. [0]: https://github.com/jendewalt/jennifer_dewalt/tree/258e91c40f... [1]: https://github.com/jendewalt/jennifer_dewalt/commit/c0d02c8c...
In I'm learning to code by building 180 websites in 180 days. Today is day 115
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/258e91c40f... [1]: https://github.com/jendewalt/jennifer_dewalt/commit/c0d02c8c...
In I'm learning to code by building 180 websites in 180 days. Today is day 115
So let's see her repository (https://github.com/jendewalt/jennifer_dewalt). This girl not only became a competent front end developer in 100 days, but looking at the Gemfile, she knows how to use capistrano, redis, capistrano, paperclip, omniauth and devise? She knows the best practices for Rails perfectly. She not only grasped to use MVC perfectly, but also organized asset codes perfectly in like 50 days. I forgot to mention that she knew Rails from like day 1. Additionally, she knew better to hide sensitive information about secret tokens for maybe AWS in the config folder and other Rails environment info. Really? Is Hacker News this gullible? If you really want to see what actual beginner struggle with for 10 hours a day, go take a look at StackOverflow. Beginners are struggling for hours to create hoverover effects and persistent foot
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er.
In I'm learning to code by building 180 websites in 180 days. Today is day 115

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