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180180The first end-to-end prototype of Urbit took one engineer eleven
181181years. The current beta took three more years, with about three
182−engineers on average. We think we've solved all the real CS
183−problems. But it will take more than our small team to deliver a
184−polished, user-friendly Urbit that can actually challenge the
185−modern web.
182+engineers on average.
183+
184+How does it take 14 years to write 30,000 lines of code? The code
185+wasn't the hard part. The hard part was rewriting it until it was
186+right. We think we've solved all the real CS problems, and we're
187+certainly done changing major interfaces. But it will take more than
188+our small team to deliver a polished Urbit user experience that can
189+actually challenge modern web apps.
186190
187191## Where we are, what we're doing
188192
189193Urbit is in feature freeze. It's a minimum viable product in
190194early beta. It still needs quite a bit of fit-and-finish work.
191195We certainly don't recommend it for end users or consider it in
192−any way secure. But it's fun to play with, if you're a nerd.
196+any way secure. But it's fun to play with, if you're a hacker.
193197
194198This summer, we're making the switch to an open and transparent
195199development and specification process. A system as unusual as