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>Do you know how long it takes to build a Facebook backend clone in rails? Maybe a day?

A basic social network clone? Sure, maybe a day. But to emulate all the features Facebook has would probably take well over a month if done alone, even if the dev was very experienced with Rails.

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Well over a month to clone all of facebook. I hope you don't estimate as a living. To clone facebook would take well over a year.

Ten years I say! Building facebook would take ten years, no less!

I could do it in five.

I see your 5 and I raise you 6

Fellas. The answer is clearly 100 years. Some of you will burn out, some of you will get divorced, but in the end, you'll have a shitty facebook.

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