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Managing Director at Prota Ventures.
I'm a bioengineer-turned-software-developer and venture builder/investor. Learn more about me professionally on LinkedIn, personally here, and check out the podcast I host, Ventures.

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 Will Little

Dec 2, 2020
Software Development Will's General Newsletter

Design, the future of work, and learning to code over the holidays

Is this newsletter I talk about my podcast with Joel Fariss, and the 7 posts I published over the weekend helping students learn to code.
Will Little

Nov 30, 2020
Software Development Redux Ruby on Rails

Redux, Rails, and ActionCable :: Full-stack web development "Hello World" tutorials for entrepreneurs: Part 7 of 10

This post is part 7 of a 10-part series within a series that is designed to teach full-stack web development for entrepreneurs. Here we’ll dive even further into Redux by wiring it up with ActionCable from Rails.
Will Little

Nov 30, 2020
Software Development Redux React

Sending form data with Redux and React :: Full-stack web development "Hello World" tutorials for entrepreneurs: Part 6 of 10

This post is part 6 of a 10-part series within a series that is designed to teach full-stack web development for entrepreneurs. Here we’ll dive even further into Redux and React, which we introduced in part 5.
Will Little

Nov 30, 2020
Software Development Redux React

Redux and React :: Full-stack web development "Hello World" tutorials for entrepreneurs: Part 5 of 10

This post is part 5 of a 10-part series within a series that is designed to teach full-stack web development for entrepreneurs. Here we’ll begin diving into Redux and React.
Will Little

Nov 30, 2020
Software Development Ruby on Rails JavaScript Stimulus.js

Stimulus.js, StimulusReflex, and CableReady :: Full-stack web development "Hello World" tutorials for entrepreneurs: Part 4 of 10

This post is part 4 of a 10-part series within a series that is designed to teach full-stack web development for entrepreneurs. Here, we’ll dive into Stimulus.js and StimulusReflex with CableReady.

Will Little

Nov 30, 2020
Software Development Ruby on Rails JavaScript

JavaScript and Ruby on Rails :: Full-stack web development "Hello World" tutorials for entrepreneurs: Part 3 of 10

This post is part 3 of a 10-part series within a series that is designed to teach full-stack web development for entrepreneurs. Here we’ll dive into JavaScript and introduce Ruby on Rails models, migrations, and PostgreSQL.

Will Little

Nov 29, 2020
Software Development Ruby on Rails CSS

Shell Scripting and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) :: Full-stack web development "Hello World" tutorials for entrepreneurs: Part 2 of 10

This post is part 2 of a 10-part series within a series that is designed to teach full-stack web development for entrepreneurs. Here we’ll dive into Shell Scripting and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).

Will Little

Nov 29, 2020
Software Development Ruby on Rails

Full-stack web development "Hello World" tutorials for entrepreneurs with Rails, React, and Turbo :: Part 1 of 10

This article kicks off a 10-part series of “Hello World” tutorials to teach full-stack web development for entrepreneurs. We’ll move quickly through the basics of code for web browsers (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript), Git, Shell scripting, Ruby on Rails (routes, controllers, models, views, and partials), Stimulus/StimulusReflex, Redux/React, Hotwire, and testing/linting in Ruby and JavaScript.

Will Little

Nov 24, 2020
Startups Software Development Will's General Newsletter Social Entrepreneurship

Innovation in media, landing livable wage jobs, private commenting in Satchel, and prep work for learning to code

In this newsletter I talk about my podcast with Omari, our joint venture to help people of color land jobs, a private commenting experience on Satchel I built this past weekend, and CSS/JS assignments for students learning to code.
Will Little

Sep 22, 2020
Health Science Keto Software Development Ruby on Rails Will's General Newsletter

Lipidology with Dave :: Code with Isaac. Plus, are "mainstream" and "keto" actually getting along?

In this week’s episode of Ventures, Dave Feldman (@DaveKeto) was kind enough to sit down with me and answer a ton of questions. Also, Isaac from South Carolina (14yrs old) sat down with me to walk through setting up his local Windows machine for Ruby on Rails web development.

Will Little

Aug 29, 2020
Software Development Ruby on Rails

How to setup Windows to begin developing Ruby on Rails Web Applications

Getting your local computer setup for developing web applications is one of the most difficult aspects of learning. In this tutorial, we will go all the way from a generic Windows 10 install to having a running Ruby on Rails application that you can see in a web browser on your machine.

Will Little

Aug 29, 2020
Software Development Ruby on Rails

How to setup a Mac to begin developing Ruby on Rails Web Applications

Getting your local computer setup for developing web applications is one of the most difficult aspects of learning. In this tutorial, we will go all the way from a generic MacOS install to having a running Ruby on Rails application that you can see in a web browser on your machine.

Will Little

Jul 28, 2020
Software Development Redux Ruby on Rails React React Native CSS Product Management

Learn to code with skills for business, product design, and collaboration: a curriculum for entrepreneurs

While there are plenty of amazing “learn to code” options out there, what’s often missing from their content is an integrated business curriculum for engineers building digital products, especially in a team setting. My goal with this curriculum is to teach from the ground-up a toolset for (1) rapidly prototyping software applications, (2) establishing an architecture that is ready to scale, and (3) integrating business and entrepreneurship fundamentals so that - as an engineer - you can be maximally effective to help drive revenue and customer satisfaction.

Will Little

Mar 14, 2017
Startups Software Development Product Management

When to start writing code for your Minimum Viable Product

More often than not, founders pursuing a new software startup end up writing code too early, wasting valuable time that should be spent with customers.
Will Little

Jul 20, 2016
Startups Software Development

Five questions to ask when choosing a technology stack for your startup

Almost as dangerous as stating your political or religious opinions online is suggesting software tools and languages for a startup. Software engineers are an opinionated and tribal bunch; say the wrong thing and you’ll be ridiculed and cast out of camp faster than you can say “spaces are better than tabs.”