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> As it is, Datasette is positioned between data enthusiasts and investigative reporters which is a very narrow niche. This severely limits its potential. i be
by swyx 3y ago
> As it is, Datasette is positioned between data enthusiasts and investigative reporters which is a very narrow niche. This severely limits its potential.
i bet in 2005 if you asked Simon what Django was initially intended to be, he'd say something similarly niche. dot dot dot, it became the backend for Instagram. gotta change hats from evaluating present state to future potential when presented with something new, particularly when the author has a track record.
- simonw 3y agoIn 2005 Adrian and I though Django was a CMS for newspaper websites! https://simonwillison.net/2010/Aug/24/what-is-the-history/ https://simonwillison.net/2010/Aug/24/what-is-the-history/ Kind of funny that it's nearly 20 years later and I'm working on something else that I initially thought would be for journalists but is clearly useful for way more than that.