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0 pointsmonooso2mo ago0 comments

> This reminds me of the people who think they can build [some commercial app] in a weekend. No, you cannot.

If the article was claiming that you could, you might have a point.

> You can build a wee throwaway app with some of the features of [some commercial app].

Which is precisely and explicitly what the author has done.

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But throwaway is not a replacement, it is something that will break after some time unless you maintain it. And now, no, you did not make it in a weekend.

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0 pointsmonooso2mo ago0 comments

> This reminds me of the people who think they can build [some commercial app] in a weekend. No, you cannot.

If the article was claiming that you could, you might have a point.

> You can build a wee throwaway app with some of the features of [some commercial app].

Which is precisely and explicitly what the author has done.

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rhubarbtree2mo ago

But throwaway is not a replacement, it is something that will break after some time unless you maintain it. And now, no, you did not make it in a weekend.

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