[ElComradio]

Don't forget that as CEO, likely it is true that if he had a question about direction or implementation, a hundred engineers would almost immediately respond to him. This 100 hours' investment isn't like you think of some lone hacker poking around SO; he's gluing something together with instant handholding available.

[dx034]

But the challenge was about doing it by himself. I'm sure he knew who to ask when he was stuck, but don't think he let others write the code.