You can build a prototype of pretty much anything in a weekend. We've all done it. Most of us have also gone through the 6-24 month process of turning that pr

You can build a prototype of pretty much anything in a weekend. We've all done it. Most of us have also gone through the 6-24 month process of turning that prototype into a real functioning product that people would actually want to use. We know how much work goes into "polish", and how many little details crop up and eat into your time. So yeah, I have no doubt that this kid will put out a working prototype of a StackOverflow clone over the weekend. And he'll think he's just a few days from putting it live. He'll be wrong, of course, but if he puts in the year or so it will take to finish it up, he'll learn a lot about the software business. I wish him luck.