The Estimation Game

So how long do you figure it would take you to make a functional replacement for Shiichan, what tools would you use, and how many lines of code?

I'm thinking maybe two days and a thousand lines of code in Python with Django. It would only be slightly more work without Django, but the code would turn out a lot uglier.

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I typically agree, but this article strikes a chord with me. I read the first few sentences and though "Damn right, I could write it in a week too. I can see it now, CREATE TABLE question ...." Of course, then I read further down to see it predicting exactly what I was thinking and explaining why it was wrong. Regardless, I could still write SO in a week.