I remember my first day with Ruby on Rails... back in June 2005 Neil, John, and myself decided to enter a 24 hour competition to hack out some Rails code. I read my first pages of the "book" the day before we started...
It was my first day with Ruby AND Rails...
We created a social networking app (yeah in 2005, cause it was "so new" /sarcasm)... that was focused on families... sharing photos, birthdays, anniversaries, and other tidbits of family oriented information.
It felt so liberating compared to ASP.Net...
Fast forward to 2008 and the competition is still going on. This year, Rails Rumble 2008 was the place to be. A 48 hour competition to create the best Rails app EVAR! This year, as in all previous years, there was some baby mama drama...
Some guy started pointing fingers... "There's no way you can build X in 48 hours"... people started crying... and instead of running to their mothers, they decided to stomp feet and raise a ruckus.
Here are my thoughts on the situation:
- We're all adults here kids and we're all entitled to our own opinions.
- Use some caution when writing a blog post, but don't be scared to post your feelings.
- Crying and whining doesn't get you anywhere. Post a rebuttal and prove the people wrong!
- In the end, nobody died, nobody lost money, the Earth is still spinning (or is it just me?) and the competition will continue on...
- Why am I even contributing to this mess? Maybe it's because I feel people are being too sensitive...
Special Note... there's NO WAY IN HELL the freaking fabulous app (which you should all vote for) Likis was done in 48 hours...Mike and El aren't that smart... and I hate sarcasm...
(NOTE: I am friends with a lot of the competitors and even the people who wrote THE blog post... and this is a small fry blog and I can write whatever the fuck I want to)