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Doesn't this story capture something of the essence of hacker-ness?

Someone becomes curious about tech, wants to make something, does the hard work themselves, learns the hard way, gets the skills, actually makes the thing, ships it, makes people happy?

Isn't it exactly the sort of thing that belongs on the front page of Hacker News?

It's more like one of their kids starting a successful startup, helping people out, and making money while doing it.

Ignore the fact that it's an e-lebrity's significant other; celebrate the fact that someone went from zero to fully functional app with no prior experience in less than three months.

It is kind of inspiring knowing that someone with little experience can develop a pretty cool web app!