[macintux]

I was faced with a problem like that. Heard the description of a task that a colleague was failing utterly to solve, figured I could knock out the bulk of it in a weekend.

Wrapped up the project 6 months later.

I don’t disagree with you, it really is magic what we can do with computers. Just doesn’t always work out like we think it will.

[colechristensen]

Yup, sometimes a project takes 6 hours, sometimes 6 minutes, sometimes 6 months.

It’s not necessarily always obvious which one.