I was expecting controversy over this and the accusations that his project is just a Starbucks marketing thing didn't surprise me at all. Still, I see trusty people defending him on Twitter so let's see where this goes.
I didn't mean that's the reason it crashes on Google Chrome for Android (which I don't know how stable it is in the firts place) but I guess they didn't optimized it for mobile because it's out of its purpose since it's primary a Google Chrome webapp. NYT has a decent mobile version an it also has Android and iOS native apps.
That wasn't my point — I'm a coder, btw and I'm totally 100% with your comment. My point was that if you don't know how to code, get a team mate or a co-founder that does. Same goes for design.
Programming is not for anyone. You can't just say "oh dude, you have this idea but you have to learn iOS and Ruby and Java and JavaScript (because, surprise, they're not the same) so you can implement what you design and then try to sell it".
Don't outsource coding, don't outsource design, don't outsource anything! Find co-founders that share the same values as you do and can complete the team with design or coding skills.