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by chipdart 621 days ago
> Sure there is, if you let an outside expert read the source code for a week.

It's mesmerizing how random anonymous people online always have all the answers to the most challenging technical problems conceivable by Man, and they all involve having someone else do the hard/impossible part.

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They overestimate tech. I've met some brilliant people, and most of their "secret" was simply their ability to be obsessed with a problem for 12+ hours a day, for days, weeks on end. You can maybe argue they simply process and inerpret information presented faster as well, but that may be a byproduct of the former.

That doesn't necessarily mean they can even layout a plan for something as complex as this for a week, let alone execute anything.