4 ms·

you are truly uninformed. There is so much more to the uber tech stack than this. Delivering rides efficiently, worldwide, at a scale of billions per year is no

by tmh79 9y ago

you are truly uninformed. There is so much more to the uber tech stack than this. Delivering rides efficiently, worldwide, at a scale of billions per year is not as easy as swapping out a button on google maps.

deleted 9y ago
[deleted]
toomuchtodo 9y ago
It probably could be provided by a 20% free time project at Google with their worldwide infrastructure, no?
- austenallred 9y ago
  The tech isn't the hard part
  - toomuchtodo 9y ago
    The human element isn't either. Google can offer ads to acquire drivers and riders for free through its various ad channels (mobile, search). They already own the verticals necessary.
    - concede_pluto 9y ago
      Google is infamously bad at resolving or even acknowledging customer service problems.
- logicallee 9y ago
  >It probably could be provided by a 20% free time project at Google Now there's a reference I have not heard in a long, long time. Google doesn't still do that, do they?
  - toomuchtodo 9y ago
    It appears it's gone now from some quick Googling (the irony). My age is showing.
    - hilem 9y ago
      It still very much exists. Source: I work there
      - logicallee 9y ago
        thanks for the information. kind of weird it's not really publicized anymore. Any major products that came out recently as a result? if I recall, Google maps started out that way... maybe you guys don't like to talk about it anymore though...
        kungito 9y ago
        I heard some guys work on internal Haskell microservices trying to popularize the language within the company
  - oh_sigh 9y ago
    Sure they do. It's not necessarily enshrined by some teams but as an individual initiative it is always possible.
toast0 9y ago
You don't have to do I worldwide, which is the problem for Uber. As a passenger, I only need a ride in one place; as a driver, I can only drive in one place. It doesn't cost a lot (for a company with deep pockets) to build the peer to peer stuff, but also lease a hundred cars and temp hire a few hundred people to seed the driver side of the marketplace in a smallish city. If you're Google and can easily drive the passenger side with Google maps integration, great. If you're someone else, get into the ride comparison apps, and put up some local ads. "Tired of Uber? Try Lesser!" Take a smaller margin (or subsidize more, if the margin is already negative), build the driver side to be aware of and compatible with the reality that drivers are going to be driving for multiple services at once (with the exception of your seed drivers, maybe)

by tmh79 9y ago

deleted 9y ago

[deleted]

toomuchtodo 9y ago

It probably could be provided by a 20% free time project at Google with their worldwide infrastructure, no?

austenallred 9y ago
The tech isn't the hard part
- toomuchtodo 9y ago
  The human element isn't either. Google can offer ads to acquire drivers and riders for free through its various ad channels (mobile, search). They already own the verticals necessary.
  - concede_pluto 9y ago
    Google is infamously bad at resolving or even acknowledging customer service problems.
logicallee 9y ago
>It probably could be provided by a 20% free time project at Google Now there's a reference I have not heard in a long, long time. Google doesn't still do that, do they?
- toomuchtodo 9y ago
  It appears it's gone now from some quick Googling (the irony). My age is showing.
  - hilem 9y ago
    It still very much exists. Source: I work there
    - logicallee 9y ago
      thanks for the information. kind of weird it's not really publicized anymore. Any major products that came out recently as a result? if I recall, Google maps started out that way... maybe you guys don't like to talk about it anymore though...
      - kungito 9y ago
        I heard some guys work on internal Haskell microservices trying to popularize the language within the company
- oh_sigh 9y ago
  Sure they do. It's not necessarily enshrined by some teams but as an individual initiative it is always possible.

toast0 9y ago

You don't have to do I worldwide, which is the problem for Uber. As a passenger, I only need a ride in one place; as a driver, I can only drive in one place. It doesn't cost a lot (for a company with deep pockets) to build the peer to peer stuff, but also lease a hundred cars and temp hire a few hundred people to seed the driver side of the marketplace in a smallish city. If you're Google and can easily drive the passenger side with Google maps integration, great. If you're someone else, get into the ride comparison apps, and put up some local ads. "Tired of Uber? Try Lesser!" Take a smaller margin (or subsidize more, if the margin is already negative), build the driver side to be aware of and compatible with the reality that drivers are going to be driving for multiple services at once (with the exception of your seed drivers, maybe)