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> It is almost trivial to build and maintain. I'm interested to know what you've made or helped to make that is more complex and more difficult to maintain tha
by code_sloth 8y ago
> It is almost trivial to build and maintain.
I'm interested to know what you've made or helped to make that is more complex and more difficult to maintain than whatsapp.
- hpbd 8y agoAre you suggesting that building a chat application where most of the chats are one-to-one is a complex problem, computer science-wise? The fact that there are hundreds of chat apps, and that they could manage hundreds of millions of users with just 50 employees proves that that is false. I could build a chat app typing with my cock, and I'm sure you could too. We don't do it because we know the market is already saturated as it is... because of how easy it is.
- dang 8y agoPlease don't do this here.
- octorian 8y agoI find it amusing just how many people make this assumption up-front. Probably because its one of those "problems" that seems simple on the surface, until you start digging deeper. This gets especially true once you take into account offline delivery, presence management, delivered/read receipts, group/broadcast use cases, efficient use of the network, complexities of reliable/efficient cross-platform media transfer across a variety of formats, and... robust end-to-end encryption.