sonofwisconsin

Not without potential, but not something I would use. Admittedly, I'm not your target audience as I am not an avid user of social media. If this were somehow able to validate accounts were of specific people, I might find utility there. i.e., if it could reduce ambiguity in accounts for people with the same name. I'm not sure how that could be done.

As an aggregator, I would never use it.

Your article was quite helpful. It is surprising how hard an overview like that is to find. Now I at least know how to direct my research.

Also, I'm definitely interested in incorporating machine learning, so I think I will give Python a try.

wappalyzer is very cool thanks for the tip.

I realize I won't be building Smartsheet anytime soon, but I want to start learning the tools with enough power to get me there.

I do plan to "Start with PHP, Rails or Node and build stuff," but first I would like to have a broad understanding of the frontend to backend path you describe. I know nothing of this process. I am looking for the basic concepts. In some ways, I feel like I'm trying to take derivatives with a fuzzy understanding of algebra. Following the book's example can get you from x^n to n*x^(n-1), but not to understanding.