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If you think about it, facebook is just a ui over a database. Google is just a html form for a list of pages and hacker news can be replicated with a Microsoft
by motoboi 1y ago
If you think about it, facebook is just a ui over a database. Google is just a html form for a list of pages and hacker news can be replicated with a Microsoft Access.
If that seems stupid, is because it is. There are network effects and small UI benefits.
- koenvaneijk 1y agoyes but at least google provides excellent search results, facebook has all my friends and hacker news has well.. the latest news :-)