Rails app / Reddit integration - I've been a Rails developer for a while, so was very familiar with most of the gems I used. (devise, omniauth, resque, etc.)
Server stuff - Heroku is pricy, but it's awesome. Although I might migrate to a much cheaper Digital Ocean box this weekend.
CSS - Zurb Foundation is amazing. The menu bar, in particular, has really awesome built-in responsiveness. There's a little custom CSS, but most is stock framework.
Admin interface - I used RailsAdmin, which is perfect for small apps. It can do so much out of the box. (For bigger apps, I prefer ActiveAdmin)
Error handling - I just added the airbrake gem and configured my self-hosted Errbit instance. I've had it running on Heroku for a few years now.
QA - Thanks for your help!
The most time-consuming things were writing a simple Reddit API with httparty (none of the gems I looked at supported OAuth), adding very basic PG array support to Rails Admin, and making the site work on mobile (responsive design was very fun to learn).
Any time someone says "oh here's a little project I put together in a weekend" your "bragging" detector should be quietly blinking, which signals to you the claims are likely at least a little inflated.
Doesn't really matter if there are people out there that are better than you, there always will be.