The Challenge of Building a Fundamentally Better Solution

Realizing the need for a fundamentally better way of doing things, the speaker was convinced that if they didn't build it, someone else would eventually discover and build it themselves. However, the process of building a polished and functional prototype presented numerous technical challenges, requiring significant time and financial investment. The speaker expressed surprise that other companies didn't immediately clone their idea, attributing it to companies being distracted and focused on more mass market audiences. They highlighted the relatively small audience for people learning to code, estimating around 30 million professional developers and a similar number of people actively learning to code, which is not comparable to the total addressable market of companies like Facebook or Instagram.