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Re:Ask HN: how can I prepare myself for a web startup (while... by ianpurton on Tuesday October 04, 2011 @11:26AM (#3071295)
I can't see any reason why you couldn't start right now. You should be able to complete the following with the skills you already have.

1. Follow a Ruby Rails getting started article and create a blog app.

2. Open a heroku account and deploy your app to the cloud.

You may experience a few hiccups along the way, but it will give you the outline of how modern web apps are deployed and managed these days.

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