This is hacker news. His example is the embodiment of the hacker mentality - learn the skills necessary to overcome an obstacle with as little time and money spent as possible.

As someone who's a novice programmer, I'm impressed. I'd also like to learn the fundamentals of design.

A post about someone's journey learning code gave me inspiration to start programming, I intend to give back in the same fashion. Will be happy if someone finds inspiration with this presentation and designs something.