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On seeing this tweet I wondered who would be the first to do it, and how long it would take. Congratulations, from a fellow hacker - what's it been, 2 days? Th
by davnicwil 7y ago
On seeing this tweet I wondered who would be the first to do it, and how long it would take.
Congratulations, from a fellow hacker - what's it been, 2 days? That's really impressive speed, especially considering it's nice looking.
A lot of people would confidently assume they could knock this out in a couple of days no problem, but it'd actually take them a few weeks at minimum. I had a post on the front page a few weeks ago on the topic [0], perhaps you saw it - I could learn a lot from you :-)
[0] https://boxci.dev/blog/why-it-took-12-weeks-to-ship-an-mvp-I-thought-would-take-3 https://boxci.dev/blog/why-it-took-12-weeks-to-ship-an-mvp-I...
- mtlynch 7y agoOP mentioned in a comment that this tool existed before the tweet: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22045528 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22045528
- davnicwil 7y agoAh, good spot. Well, I'm still pretty excited for the OP at the right place right time nature of this. I mean, imagine browsing twitter and noticing that Paul Graham asks for someone to build the very product you're sitting on fully formed :-) Kind of a perfect case study of the adage that you need to work really hard to prepare in order to be lucky!