I Spent Two Years Building the Median — Hariprasad Sudharshan
After two years of intense solo building, Hariprasad Sudharshan discovers that other people have independently produced calculators much like his own.
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Key points
- Nobody needs to have copied anyone: the same models, tools and familiar problem can lead builders toward the same solution.
- He calls that shared starting point the median.
- 14:24 - Useful software and the limits of differentiation
- 18:03 - The build first reflex
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- [1]I Spent Two Years Building the Median — Hariprasad SudharshanAI Engineer (YouTube) · Oct 14, 06:00 PM
After two years of intense solo building, Hariprasad Sudharshan discovers that other people have independently produced calculators much like his own.
Nobody needs to have copied anyone: the same models, tools and familiar problem can lead builders toward the same solution.
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