Great job! If you are not a developer, what is your motivation for doing the tech side of the project? Are you looking to become one? You appear to have invested time to learn the tech.
The reason I ask is HN is a great community that may provide valid advice as towards the direction you would like to pursue in dev ( if you so desire ).
I found a book that I've added to my list, so thanks again.
My chosen career is further away from tech than I'd like - I'm in my final year of medical school. I love tinkering with computers for fun.
Ideally, I'd like to be able to include programming alongside clinical practice in some way. I've picked up some very basic Python by making hobby projects over the last few years, and my current aims are to improve those Python skills and brush up on statistics in order to learn, er, statistical learning for research. I'm slowly making my way through MIT's 6.0001 and OpenIntro statistics.
I really hadn't expected this project to receive this many responses! My impression of HN has been that it's full of highly skilled, super talented devs and I was a bit intimidated by the idea of posting about my own clunky project. But thankfully HN is a lot more welcoming to beginners than I'd thought :)
Hah, and I am in 20 years of tech trying to take myself closer to medicine.
Python can serve so many automation scenarios for you that I really could not recommend any better language for general purposes, great choice!
As far as sharing, welcome to software! Unlike medicine, we have the luxury, some even think obligation, of releasing early, learning from our mistakes and the market and re-iterating. Those that share the fundamental cultural values of openness, experimentation, and helpful feedback in software are, luckily, widely present here.
"If You're Not Embarrassed By The First Version Of Your Product, You’ve Launched Too Late" Reid Hoffman (founder of LinkedIn, for which he should forever be ashamed for, but he did release on time).
I would suggest, now may be the time for you to reach out to devs and request personal mentorship in Python, explaining your high load with medicine and motivation for Python. Getting personal feedback and guidance will speed up things by a lot! (Unfortunately, I'm not a Python expert, can't help there ).
Best of luck with your future projects, you're very much on the right track!
The reason I ask is HN is a great community that may provide valid advice as towards the direction you would like to pursue in dev ( if you so desire ).
I found a book that I've added to my list, so thanks again.