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> I hate it when I hear people who have probably never coded

> in their lives, saying how easy it is to build something...

I believe, in this case, the author was using a rather effective technique typically called "sarcasm."

Considering you take two off the shelf pieces of software and do the work I don't think this is implausable. Also I think it was more a commentary on how silly the Summly buy was.

You do get sarcasm right?

amen.