My last PHP app: How I Fell for Ruby
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A teenager's passion for Call of Duty led to creating a clan website using PHP in 2007. Limited by a 3€ monthly budget, he adapted webSPELL CMS to build a site with news, forums, and file uploads. The project, while ambitious, highlighted the quirks of early web development like XHTML, table-based layouts, and fixed-width designs. This experience ultimately led the author to discover Ruby on Rails, sparking a lifelong career in programming.
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