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Amazon went from a tech company to a retail company (not including AWS). Back then e-commerce was nascent and everything Amazon did was R&D. Now their different
by 8ytecoder 4y ago
Amazon went from a tech company to a retail company (not including AWS). Back then e-commerce was nascent and everything Amazon did was R&D. Now their differentiator is scale and logistics. The website and related technologies are taken for granted even though we all know the complexity of it. But end of the day, it has been built and as much as it pains to admit it as an engineer, it’s “solved” - to the extent that it’s not make or break anymore.
- hef19898 4y agoBasically every aspect of Amazon's retail business is solved by now. Getting all of those indivodual pieces together, and working, at scale and continously is what sets Amazon apart from everyone else. eCommerce stores? e.g.Shopify Logistics? e.g. CargoWise And it goes on.