kwellman

Agreed. I find that when you're actually building something, that's when the great ideas come. You start to think of improvements and new approaches that you just can't think of without first getting your hands dirty.

You should also have a look at SpiderOak as a possibility if security is a big concern. Their emphasis on comprehensive data encryption is one of their main selling points.

They have a free 2GB plan as well.

Seems like the Ruby equivalent of Python's Unladen Swallow, but with more momentum. Unladen Swallow seems pretty neglected at the moment.

The Ruby community is definitely not lacking in passion, something I'd like to see more of in the Python community.

You seem to be referring to the web site as the "minimally viable product" not including the actual product that you're selling on the site.

You don't mention how long it took to actually build the templates that you're selling.

Three hours is still impressive and inspiring, but I imagine there was a lot more work leading up to that point.