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Why's that company so big? I could do that in a weekend
I can't think of a single large software company that doesn't regularly draw internet comments of the form “What do all the employees do? I could build their product myself.” Benjamin Pollack and Jeff Atwood called out people who do that with Stack Overflow. But Stack Overflow is relatively obviously lean , so the…
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On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2016 | Why's that company so big? I could do that in a weekend by pyb | 712 | 423 |
| Apr 29, 2020 | I could do that in a weekend (2016) by spiffytech | 338 | 195 |
| Aug 24, 2021 | I could do that in a weekend (2016) by defaulty | 121 | 84 |
| Sep 27, 2023 | Why’s that company so big? I could do that in a weekend (2016) by __natty__ | 98 | 141 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 52 Hacker News comments by 46 different people, from Oct 2016 to Jul 2026.
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