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> One can write a lot of things in 100 lines if it doesn't have to meet higher standards than a basic chat app tutorial in the "getting started" section of a programming language.

I'd argue that even a basic chat app is massively complex, only that all the really complex parts have already been solved. I once tried to write one on the LOWEST level I could. Realized after a month that there were not enough hours left in my life to finish it.



really, we're standing on the shoulders of giants


Or possibly just standing on the shoulders of people standing on the shoulders of people standing on...


Shoulders with legs, all the way down.




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