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Ruby on Rails demo

tenthconcept · 428K views · 2005-11-08 · 16:12

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Overview

David Heinemeier Hansson builds a blog engine with Ruby on Rails in 15 minutes, the demo that launched Rails' momentum.

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HN treats it as the model for a compelling developer demo and a benchmark for how simple web development once felt.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2013–2025

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girishso · 2023-10 · Recommendation

Ruby 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]

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grblovrflowerrr · 2018-10 · Recommendation

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!

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Lio · 2025-05 · Joke / meme

20 minutes? Who’s got time for that? The original DHH demo video[1], from 19 years ago, was a blog in 15 minutes. AI is clearly rubbish! :P 1. [VIDEO]

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