THE VIDEO SHELF · ruby on rails
Ruby on Rails demo
David Heinemeier Hansson builds a blog engine with Ruby on Rails in 15 minutes, the demo that launched Rails' momentum.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN treats it as the model for a compelling developer demo and a benchmark for how simple web development once felt.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- tenthconcept
- Topic
- ruby on rails
- Format
- demo
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 14
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2013–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
I think a good example to follow for your project is the original Rails announcement video by DHH: [VIDEO] Maybe you can do a similar app in way less time!
grblovrflowerrr on Hacker News · 2018-10
In Show HN: Alan – a low-code application platformRuby on Rails demo by DHH back in 2005/6. I was blown away that he created a blog application with comments in 15 minutes, I was working on Asp.NET back then and it would have taken me about a week to do that. [VIDEO]
girishso on Hacker News · 2023-10
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