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Yes shazam's algorithm is aktually pretty simple math, but there's nothing wrong with creating a busines sbased on simple tech! Like most companies in tech, it'
by Jyaif 8y ago
Yes shazam's algorithm is aktually pretty simple math, but there's nothing wrong with creating a busines sbased on simple tech!
Like most companies in tech, it's the business part that is hard, not the technical part.
- Cthulhu_ 8y agoWhen Twitter came out I was like "well it's a glorified shoutbox, I can hack that in an afternoon". Actually it still is, any developer can create a Twitter clone in hours. However Twitter managed to have the network effect, and (eventually) solve the huge scaling challenge that a system that transfers billions (?) of messages worldwide every day.
- Jyaif 8y agoTwitter is hard to scale, you have to make trade-offs all over the place. AFAIK that's not the case of Shazam where a read-only database would be enough. Sure eventually you have to manage multiple versions of your app and be able to gradually update your DB, but that's still simple stuff compared to the problem of how to make money.