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Devil's advocate counter-point: Is there any point to not bruteforcing it? While you twiddle bits, I can throw money on hardware and get my product out on the
by makmanalp 15y ago
Devil's advocate counter-point:
Is there any point to not bruteforcing it? While you twiddle bits, I can throw money on hardware and get my product out on the market. Then, when times are more stable, I can worry about optimizations.
Also, since I haven't done any twiddling yet, there is likely to be a lot of low hanging fruit. I was going to need that hardware anyway if I was to grow. Now I can have a period of time where my savings allow me to slow down on buying more hardware.
- gaius 15y agoI can throw money on hardware and get my product out on the market. Up to a certain scale what you say is true - but it's not interesting at all. As in, anyone can drive 26 miles but running a Marathon is still impressive. Or anyone can order dinner in a restaurant, but not everyone can cook.
- groby_b 15y agoRunning a marathon is impressive, yes. But if I'm in the business of delivering food (to stretch an already thin analogy ;), there's no point in training for a marathon. The constraints of my business make driving around in a car a better choice. And unless I'm a professional chef, I'd rather not spend time on cooking dinners when I could do something to improve my business. The point of building something (in a commercial environment) is not to impress, but to ship something.
- rbranson 15y agoNo delivery business would post a blog with a picture of their new Ford Taurus delivery car as if it was something impressive. That's the difference.
- wmf 15y agoIf everyone else was saying that you should use an army of autonomous quadcopters to deliver stuff, then it wold be worth pointing out that a simpler solution is available. 37S is challenging the cloud and scale-out cargo cults.