There was also a reply to this article at that time: https://medium.com/@ryanfb/how-i-failed-to-replicate-an-86-million-project-in-1-line-of-code-615048a1f9d0 h

There was also a reply to this article at that time: https://medium.com/@ryanfb/how-i-failed-to-replicate-an-86-million-project-in-1-line-of-code-615048a1f9d0 https://medium.com/@ryanfb/how-i-failed-to-replicate-an-86-m... I'm fairly convinced that the project cost a lot more than it should have. But the claim in the title is also a bit disingenuous. 57 lines of his own code is not "57 lines of code", and the results may not be at the same level. Later edit: He does make the same point... in a another post where he admits to the clickbaity title, the overwhelming reaction (as many such titles trigger), and claims people pointing out the lack of support for the controversial core claims are pedants. [0] [0] https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/remember-that-86-million-license-plate-scanner-i-replicated-heres-what-happened-next-9f3c64e8f22b/ https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/remember-that-86-million-l...