In thinking about the App Economy
I thought about Webvan, the first "deliver everything cheap" digital concept & realized that, at least by the WP article, people still completely fail to understand why it failed - which explains why we keep falling for these untenable businesses.
The cost-setting factors in shopping & delivery have nothing to do with anything a digital intermediary can fix. The only way is to exploit and/or cheat somebody in the value chain.
30 years of #MySQL, the #database that changed the world
From ubiquitous go-to system for early Noughties startups to a legacy like no other
The arrival of MySQL coincided with the #dotcom boom, which heralded the arrival of technologies and businesses that, for better or worse, became known as Web 2.0.
MySQL became the M in LAMP, the de facto standard used to build web-facing systems, which included Linux, Apache web server, and programming languages Perl, PHP, or Python
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/06/30_years_mysql/
I hate to disillusion you Mr Babymaker, in 30 years time your wealth will have dissipated like amost all #dotcom phenomena do, and your progeny will probably just remember you as a wanker
https://bbc.com/news/articles/c77v4x8g7pro
#paveldurov #Telegram
A history of the Internet, part 2: The high-tech gold rush begins https://arstechni.ca/bTTZ #WorldWideWeb #browserwars #Features #Internet #Netscape #History #Dotcom #Tech #AOL
If history repeats, we should compare the AI bubble with the dot-com bubble.
“AI-powered” is the new “.com.” Startups are pitching thin wrappers — and this time, many don’t even pretend to own the tech they’re built on.
Look closer, and it’s a house of cards:
Wrappers rely on OpenAI
OpenAI relies on Microsoft
Microsoft needs NVIDIA
NVIDIA owns the chips that power it all
#AI #Bubble #TechHistory #DotCom #StartupCulture #PlatformDependency #DigitalInfrastructure
https://skooloflife.medium.com/99-of-ai-startups-will-be-dead-by-2026-heres-why-bfc974edd968
Let’s go back to the web site! Strong Bad and Homestar Runner are back https://youtu.be/2z7kVH9xePM?si=eV8pToQsUgzVBSTk
@arstechnica this is really sad to me. #23andme did some fantastic #research, funded some really good studies, and provided a useful link between #genome and drug research. Too few people took the time to look into what it was they did and thought it was just another Ancestry.com site.
#DNS #genetics #dotcom
I remember reading a Wired cover article with Mark Andreeson where he told that at Netscape they have the "Netscape Finger Cheer", where you form an N with your fingers.
Man, the dotcom era was hilariously insane, ESPECIALLY in hindsight. Knowing what the man became, I guess we all now have a particular finger cheer too.
To be clear, my optimism didn't really last all that long, say from about 1995 when the #WWW really took off, to 1998 or so when the #dotcom bubble started to crack. By 1999 it was obvious things weren't working out so well: The #Matrix hit at exactly the right moment.
But oh, how I miss that brief period when it looked like we were going to get #StarTrek instead.
It's a new year of Cybercultural, your favourite #InternetHistory indie website. This year I'll be focusing more on the dot-com era (1990s) and the terrible 2010s. You can expect 1 post per week going forward — subscribe for free via email or RSS.
Ok, onto this week's post: Multimedia Gulch in 1994, when CD-ROM designers lived fast in a time of slow modems! https://cybercultural.com/p/multimedia-gulch-1994/ #Multimedia #Dotcom
@n_dimension you can see it here. Lead programmer, Brian (who posted this 1996 Aus., tv clip) was responsible for the idea. #SausageSoftware / #HotdogEditor / #WWW / #DotCom / #startups <https://youtube.com/watch?v=FG2dvZQBMnM>
Planning to #Film for #Documentary version of the #Book bomb #DotCom while creating content for #Show @TheTrueOGReport #Media #SWAG @russellrope @ https://russellrope.com/media-swag_jan2025 
Kim #Dotcom Suffers “Serious Stroke” and “Cannot Communicate Effectively” - https://torrentfreak.com/kim-dotcom-suffers-serious-stroke-and-cannot-communicate-effectively-241126/ "According to #NZ Herald, Dotcom suffered a stroke on November 7 and was taken to a local hospital.
@brooke we've gone from Zillow to Carfax
Kim #Dotcom to be extradited from New Zealand to US - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/15/kim-dotcom-to-be-extradited-from-new-zealand-to-us I wrote about this insane & long-running #copyright saga in my 300-page book "Walled Culture": free ebook downloads here - https://walledculture.org/the-book/
mark my words - der ganze #KI hype wird übler enden als #dotcom nur dass diesmal zusätzlich noch DEINE gesamten persönlichen daten involviert sind
in 2-5 jahren wird der ganze scheiss implodieren und das ganze web 2.0 aka #socialmedia mit in den abgrund ziehen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8ByoAt5gCA
When it comes to the #MagnificentSeven of the S&P 500, ignore the 493 or their stock performance, and sprinkle “AI” into the mix.
Eventually, “sparkle sickness” will affect everyone.
https://www.superversive.co/blog/yad6mcesoaziu4tgdzx054bd6vakb2
6/6
Big Tech and #VCs will only change their #mindset when enough #startups and #investors go belly-up, which is being delayed by adding “AI” into everything at all possible.
My experience has been that VCs aren’t as creative as people think they are, and we’re experiencing a #DotCom crash in slow motion.
The difference is, there was a financial crisis in between which enabled the VC and Big Tech ecosystem to gain not only outsize mindshare, but also market share of the #economy.
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