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the house analogy breaks down when you consider that you can build a house to look like anything and it doesn't have to interface with anything else, like your
by there 17y ago
the house analogy breaks down when you consider that you can build a house to look like anything and it doesn't have to interface with anything else, like your neighbors' houses.
a web application has to interface with standard browsers and protocols, so maybe it's like a car that has to operate on standard roads and can't take up 2 lanes or fly.
- jrwoodruff 17y agoActually, the things houses have to 'interface' with are so standardized you don't even think about it. Appliances, plumbing fixtures, computers, furniture. Everything is standard sizes, so they fit through doors, plug in and hook up properly. Lumber dimensions, electrical connections, even door sizes are standardized.