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   by papercuts 4y ago

   Before we drop off the front page, I just wanted to say thanks again to the HN community for an amazing day! I was very nervous about sharing here... but while this viz is part of a book meant for a lay-consumer audience, it was written wit
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   by papercuts 4y ago

   Thank you, I was just about to write up some props for DreamHost, because they were totally awesome today! My site basically crashed within moments of being on the front page, but it turned out to be just as much about the traffic as it was
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   by papercuts 4y ago

   Great point, with their track record it’s partially a cautionary tale in Alphabet’s case! IMDb being Amazon is so big. As if the rating system wasn’t already degrading enough, their ownership of it blows the whole deal in my book. Goodreads
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   by papercuts 4y ago

   Thank you very much. There were so many competing design notions to consider, and while I eventually went heavy on adding things, it was partly due to the seeming bare minimum already being too much, so why not see how far I could reasonabl
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   by papercuts 4y ago

   Yes, my headline might not be the best, because this chart definitely goes outside the bounds of consumer product lines. .NET is in there, just above Azure, but as with many of the more technical pieces of this puzzle, I did my best researc
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   by papercuts 4y ago

   Yes, in terms of "fragmentation," Mix & Match is vague and only possible in certain ways, but it gets more specific with tips #2-4 about browsers, search, and AI assistants. As an Apple user, I avoid Safari to fragment (the ti
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   by papercuts 4y ago

   Thank you for the feedback, I see what you are saying. Definitions were difficult, and hopefully I'm not being too fast and loose with the "product line" categorization of this chart in general. I put these in for visibility
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   by papercuts 4y ago

   Thanks, that could be a clue to where my head is stuck! Haven't been able to bring a designer onboard yet so definitely going art brut with the style for now.
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   by papercuts 4y ago

   Oh wow, thanks HN, within seconds of being on the front page, our site is down, cheers! Checking with my web host about what to do now, but love having this problem! Hope to have the site back up to share this visualization with you soon!