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Ask HN: Which companies gained a competitive edge purely via engineering?
For example: WhatsApp or Crash Bandicoot (1996)?
- aristofun 3mo agoWhatsapp, really?
- j1000 3mo agoI recommend to read about WhatsApp how they scaled to nearly 1 billion users with only about 50 engineers. Also check how they optimised BE system.
- Johanx64 3mo agoBefore FB acquisition: Yes, really, it ran on potato feature phones you've never even heard of. That can only happen if you really bend backwards to make it happen. Massive userbase with very tiny team.
- aristofun 3mo agoOkay. Cause it still feels like running on a potato phone on latest iphone :)
- mrhottakes 3mo agoA long long time ago: Oracle
- yepyoukno 3mo agoUh, wut? Try “Sun Microsystems”!
- mrhottakes 3mo agoThat is another company that built an advantage with engineering, true.
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- bitbasher 3mo agoBell Labs
- hnthrow10282910 3mo agoCrazy company. Not sure any has existed like it with possibly the exception of early Google
- AnimalMuppet 3mo agoSGI. Hewlett Packard. DEC.
- farseer 3mo agoGoogle search was way better than yahoo or altavista
- dennisjoseph 3mo agoGarmin
- nimblist 3mo agoIn theory they still do. I can't imagine giving up weeks of battery life for wondering whether it's going to last through the day but apple/galaxy watch buyers see differently by a massive margin