Hi Ryan,
I started in 2006 to use Rails. I share nearly the same story, I came from PHP too. I tried the Blog-tutorial and felt in love with Rails. I had a lot of questions and found your Railscasts. Now in 2023 I am still in love with Rails and you are one of the many reasons.
I thank you so much for your videos. It was exactly what I was looking for back in the days.
Many greetings and all the best from Germany, René