This was a post by request from another HN user (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2170627) who was interested to hear about my experience trying to start and run a free online dating service. I realized then that it would be helpful to go back over the whole history which is why I ended up deciding to break it up into two posts. I'm already working on the "post launch" post that will go into how I went about trying to grow and maintain the site before eventually shelving it.
Cool, looking forward to the next installment! Thanks for taking the time to write this up.
In retrospect, do you feel it was a mistake to take on learning a whole new technology stack for the project? Or did the technical stuff work out OK in the long run?
