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Code: It's Trivial

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Remember that Stack Overflow thing we’ve been working on? Some commenters on a recent Hacker News article questioned the pricing of Stack Exchange – essentially, a hosted Stack Overflow: Seems really pricey for a relatively simple software like this. Someone write an open source alternative? it looks like something that

Remember that Stack Overflow thing we’ve been working on? Some commenters on a recent Hacker News article questioned the pricing of Stack Exchange – essentially, a hosted Stack Overflow: Seems really pricey for a relatively simple software like this. Someone write an open source alternative? it looks like something that can be thrown together in a weekend. Ah, yes, the stereotypical programmer response to most projects: it’s trivial! I could write that in a week!* It’s even easier than that. Open source alternatives to Stack Overflow already exist, so you’ve got a head start. Gentlemen,…

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