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1. dreamc+Bs1[view] [source] 2021-02-18 23:37:29
>>7d7n+(OP)
OK I'll bite. Airbnb is a website. A hard-to-navigate, overproduced one, but it's still basically just a website coupled to a database. And it's not even as complex as Uber's because it doesn't need realtime GPS tracking of anything.

Why does Airbnb need a "tech hub?"

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2. Naac+rt1[view] [source] 2021-02-18 23:42:07
>>dreamc+Bs1
Sounds like a good systems design interview question. Design an Airbnb like website operating globally.

I think going through this exercise will show it's more than "just a website"

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3. dreamc+5A1[view] [source] 2021-02-19 00:28:39
>>Naac+rt1
Most major companies have to build a high reliability, highly-scalable website operating globally. Lots of people know how to build these things [except of course for contractors that the US federal government hires], and most of them don't have "tech hubs" in any major city unless they're ... you know ... actual tech companies. Why do we consider a glorified hotel company like Airbnb a tech company? Just because YC invested in them?
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4. ttestt+WR1[view] [source] 2021-02-19 02:44:21
>>dreamc+5A1
How is a company that is an entirely online marketplace with no physical property not a 'tech company'?
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