Daily Phrases ruby gem: my first coding project that is 100% really truly mine. I love it even though it drove me absolutely insane for 72 hours.
My interest in web development started the same as most people – I wanted to create a website and was completely in over my head. Tinkering with Squarespace was ok, but I wanted to build something that was mine. Turns out I wanted to build a lot of things, from my little startup ideas to system improvements at work. So my interest was initially practical; learning code is undeniably useful and would give me the tools to build and create.