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I have a suggestion for Google: make an interactive graphical mind map representation of your products and shows relationships between them. Have that be the re

I have a suggestion for Google: make an interactive graphical mind map representation of your products and shows relationships between them. Have that be the response to google.com/products. Add layers, like for a map, that show old and new names, and proposed names. Make an attempt to identity the product-neutral set of "degrees of freedom" that each product gives the user. This would be a fun, stand-alone project for an intern. Maybe use D3 or processing.js for the front-end. Such an artifact would be useful to users and Google leadership alike.

Eumenes 3y ago
They must no doubt have this internally
- killjoywashere 3y ago
  Wasn't it like 10 years ago that they had a 3B line monorepo for the entire org? Does g3 still have a stranglehold on the org?
  - Arbortheus 3y ago
    Google still famously uses a monorepo. With lots of heavy set-built tooling, their own variant of Bazel for builds, it works well. I imagine a lot of engineering effort goes into making it work.
- cloudking 3y ago
  Yes, it hasn't been released because they are still trying to figure it out
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rolisz 3y ago
For an intern? You mean it would be a PhD thesis in and of itself. Google has had more than 18 chat apps, some of which had the same name... At the same time, but couldn't talk to each other .
- javajosh 3y ago
  A really smart intern.
- Anon4Now 3y ago
  Some companies are so profitable, they can hide layers and layers of managerial ineptitude. Think how great Google could be if they had cohesion and oversight.
  - allendoerfer 3y ago
    That‘s what economic cycles are for. Too bad, we had to suppress them with free money during the last decade.
  - chiefalchemist 3y ago
    I'd argue it semi-intentional in the sense there's liitle error to fit it. Why? Because when the DOJ comes knocking with charges of monopoly Google can say, "Does this history and dumpster fire look like a monopoly to you?" Their dysfunction is a form of self-defense (while search + ads keeps printing money).
    - Y_Y 3y ago
      Is this satire or super-insightful? I feel some sort of Poe's Law of Reality has been creeping in in the last ten-ish years [0]. Like this post is silly and funny, but I find it somewhat plausible too (at least as far as a reductive explanation of the behaviour of a huge corporation can be). [0] see e.g. Curtis's Hypernormalisation
      - chiefalchemist 3y ago
        We all know what Google's bread & butter is. They are going to defend that. Full stop. To think it can't take some form outside typical expectations is simply naive given the numbers involved. We're not taking about your child's lemonade stand. We're talking about a corporation that is by all accounts intentional. Why is this seen as "no way"? Doesn't that make it all the more possible?
RobotToaster 3y ago
Can't help but think it would look like that Charlie Kelly scene https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1430367-pepe-silvia https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1430367-pepe-silvia

Eumenes 3y ago

They must no doubt have this internally

killjoywashere 3y ago
Wasn't it like 10 years ago that they had a 3B line monorepo for the entire org? Does g3 still have a stranglehold on the org?
- Arbortheus 3y ago
  Google still famously uses a monorepo. With lots of heavy set-built tooling, their own variant of Bazel for builds, it works well. I imagine a lot of engineering effort goes into making it work.
cloudking 3y ago
Yes, it hasn't been released because they are still trying to figure it out

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rolisz 3y ago

For an intern? You mean it would be a PhD thesis in and of itself. Google has had more than 18 chat apps, some of which had the same name... At the same time, but couldn't talk to each other .

javajosh 3y ago
A really smart intern.
Anon4Now 3y ago
Some companies are so profitable, they can hide layers and layers of managerial ineptitude. Think how great Google could be if they had cohesion and oversight.
- allendoerfer 3y ago
  That‘s what economic cycles are for. Too bad, we had to suppress them with free money during the last decade.
- chiefalchemist 3y ago
  I'd argue it semi-intentional in the sense there's liitle error to fit it. Why? Because when the DOJ comes knocking with charges of monopoly Google can say, "Does this history and dumpster fire look like a monopoly to you?" Their dysfunction is a form of self-defense (while search + ads keeps printing money).
  - Y_Y 3y ago
    Is this satire or super-insightful? I feel some sort of Poe's Law of Reality has been creeping in in the last ten-ish years [0]. Like this post is silly and funny, but I find it somewhat plausible too (at least as far as a reductive explanation of the behaviour of a huge corporation can be). [0] see e.g. Curtis's Hypernormalisation
    - chiefalchemist 3y ago
      We all know what Google's bread & butter is. They are going to defend that. Full stop. To think it can't take some form outside typical expectations is simply naive given the numbers involved. We're not taking about your child's lemonade stand. We're talking about a corporation that is by all accounts intentional. Why is this seen as "no way"? Doesn't that make it all the more possible?

RobotToaster 3y ago

Can't help but think it would look like that Charlie Kelly scene https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1430367-pepe-silvia https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1430367-pepe-silvia