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I don't think I did reiterate your point. You were saying unlike ICs, databases -- "But it's not creating something new that has never existed before". The poi
by truncate 1mo ago
I don't think I did reiterate your point. You were saying unlike ICs, databases -- "But it's not creating something new that has never existed before".
The point I was making was like newer/better ICs pave way for new electronics/use-cases; so do better databases/storage software pave way for more new applications that wouldn't have existed before.
- ForHackernews 1mo agoExactly: Making new/better ICs is not "deep tech" research. Creating the first IC, creating the concept of an integrated circuit is deep tech research.
- truncate 1mo agoI guess I get what you are saying. Creating the first of its kind is "deep tech". I really don't care about the definition or semantics here personally. I think creating first one is great, but then depending what it is creating 10th generation can also be quite a breakthrough. First IC had like 10 transistors, modern ones do billions and getting there probably require way more work, ideas and research than the original IC did. Things just don't improve in silos.