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"I could do that in a weekend" is obviously idiotic but why choose Google as the example (possibly the hardest piece of software to replicate)?
by pbreit 5y ago
"I could do that in a weekend" is obviously idiotic but why choose Google as the example (possibly the hardest piece of software to replicate)?
- jldugger 5y agoIf you follow the citation trail: 0. Dan writes an article about marginal employment decisions, which cites 1. Alex Clemmer wrote (http://blog.nullspace.io/building-search-engines.html http://blog.nullspace.io/building-search-engines.html) about building a search engine to compete with Google, who cites 2. John Peebles, who wrote (https://peebs.org/2014/01/04/we-need-viable-search-engine-competition-now/ https://peebs.org/2014/01/04/we-need-viable-search-engine-co...) about the urgent need for a viable competitor to Google, saying: > I wonder if we haven’t all been hypnotised by the complexity, much of which is marketing hype, and have missed the enormous opportunity that exists right in front of our noses. Does the next search engine have to be as big, involved in as many things, employ as many people, and fight on the same footing to be accomplish the goal of providing a counterpoint to Google? This article was upvoted fairly well on on HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7011472 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7011472), though the top comments are all in agreement this is not a simple task. This zeitgeist, along with Dan's personal experience on the subject, is why he wrote the article using Google as the example.