I prefer Django so my next statement may be slightly biased. I have a friend who likes Rails. I understand why, he's a mouth breather. I would still suggest Django even though my friend, who was dropped several times on the head by his parents, would recommend Rails. This debate is still at large, but in the end it comes down to preference. Python I might compare to, I'm bad with metaphors but something that is perfect and organized. Rails is similar to a group of sorority girls, drunk, on karaoke night at the bar. Tempting but I would probably leave
Wow, I'm in an eerily similar situation. I'm also at the height of it I think. I am locked up all day working, spend almost every night, including weekends working until 2am -3am. I have trouble justifying spending time with anyone unless we are working on something. Also broke up with my girlfriend of 3 years a few months ago. I hired an assistant to help, which she does, but did not expect the amount of added stress having someone depending on you for income brings. Oddly, I thought it was all a good thing. I still do but am also factoring in this post and will need to re-evaluate.
Of course! I really appreciate the time you all put in this book and I keep finding huge changes I can make in my code (ch.2 on db and ch.3 on layout -a very difficult topic to research a few months ago) I'm at webpowerlabs.com for reference. Thanks again and great job!
Just finished the first chapter and I'm probably not putting it down again (after I write this comment). This feels like something Django really needed (or I needed for Django), despite its extensive documentation. I find analogies are very helpful for my understanding and the ice cream one is perfect. The fact that "Each Chapter Stands On It's Own" is the great too!
http://www.ryanholiday.net/about/
"Ryan Holiday is a media strategist for notorious clients like Tucker Max and Dov Charney. After dropping out of college at 19 to apprentice under the strategist Robert Greene, he went on to advise many bestselling authors and multi-platinum musicians. He is the Director of Marketing at American Apparel, where his work in advertising was internationally known. His strategies are used as case studies by Twitter, YouTube and Google and have been written about in AdAge, the New York Times, Gawker and Fast Company. His first book, Trust Me I’m Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator, was a Wall Street Journal bestseller"
On why I posted this interview:
I've been influenced by Ryan's work over the last 4 years. His writing is usually very thought provoking and honest despite the name of his book. I have noticed similarities between topics discussed in this community and Ryan Holidays writing. I think that if HN readers research Ryan a little, they will be interested in what they find. His influence on articles written by massive media outlets becomes increasingly apparent as you read into his work.
One of the best things I've taken from Ryan's work is how to identify Media Manipulation and devalue content that has been affected by it accordingly.