Comment by reaperducer
19 hours ago
"But Google does it. If we do it, we will be like Google".
Were you in my meeting about 40 minutes ago? Because that's almost exactly what was said.
If the big tech companies wanted to be really evil, they could invent a nonsense tech that doesn't work, then watch as all the small upstart competitors bankrupt themselves to replicate it.
Isn't this what AI is all about? Don't kid yourself, most companies, even some big ones, will bankrupt themselves chasing AI and the few remaining will get the spoils.
It seems that’s just the way things go with disruptive technologies. It’s a gold rush and you don’t want to be left behind.
Wait, is that why we all have microservices now?
That's exactly right. This appeared before on HN but that's what I wrote about a couple of years back: https://renegadeotter.com/2023/09/10/death-by-a-thousand-mic...
Sounds a bit like trying to roll and support your own k8s platform
You mean like React, right? Right?