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People grossly underestimate time it takes to figure out what to build, how to design UX, which APIs to use, how the workflow works. And all the inspiration that goes into coming up with something new.

Sure, if you are given a working website, and you were to replicate exact copy of it, you can do it far faster

(still not sure about 1 hour estimate-- show us if you really mean it).

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Absolutely, I agree that a heck of a lot more time than 1 hour would go towards figuring out the entire user flows, UI etc. I never meant to discount that aspect and that's where some of the negative karma here is coming from.

As far as building a Meteor clone, challenge accepted. As soon as I get off work in a few hours, I'll get banging.

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