As someone who within the last two weeks picked up app engine and created an MVP of my own http://www.pubcontweets.com, I can not only relate to your story but also applaud you for sharing the it as well as your code. Thanks.
Microsoft Valued Professional. I'm building one too. They're real fun to play with though easy to anger.
I totally agree. Getting something out in few weeks is amazing especially if you have a day job. I too released my first project http://caniafforditnow.com/ and it took around 2 weeks to get it out. But I had some ruby on rails experience.
Hey - I'm at pubcon right now!! Come say hi! My email is on the 7bks site or twitter me or something. Small world :)
Oh - and nice site.
Hey thanks, I'm not at pubcon, i just like doing cool things with data. pubcontweets is a small part of a larger product i'm working on.