My point is that "soonness" is not just a matter of intelligence; no matter how smart you are it still takes time.
Let's take your typical HN'er who probably thinks of themselves as very smart indeed and put them in this scenario. Then they will quickly learn that in order to make Angular.js, you must first locate a supply of clean drinking water and make a fire and last the first night...
You're not selling me on the idea that these people are particularly bright, on a cosmic scale.