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Ask HN: How long does it take you to code up a form?

1 points by arvind_29c ↗ HN
How long does it take you to code a form with the following ..

1. Amount field 2. Comment field 3. File upload (to cloud)

I am talking full-stack. DB, api and UI for a modern browser. Including tests.

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tastroder
Somewhere between 20 minutes and a few full working days depending on the requirements not stated in the question. Are you trying to gauge how bad developers are at estimates?
arvind_29c
Yes. I recently took a couple of days to get it working.

It is brain numbing. I feel like I am writing code that has been written a million times.

tastroder
That happens from time to time, just look at the rise of stack overflow to get a feel for how common it is. As long as you don't have that feeling every single day I honestly wouldn't worry too much about it.