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Re:Alphabet tops $100B quarterly revenue for first time, clo... by nycdatasci on Thursday October 30, 2025 @12:46PM (#45762090)
"When it comes to software engineering at scale, nothing beats Google"

I agree with many of your statements, but this one simply isn't true. They've really struggled to integrate AI into products in a useful way. Do you remember glue on pizza? Founding Fathers reimagined for DEI? The Brain/DeepMind merger was largely an acknowledgement of their many misses from a product perspective.

Re:Alphabet tops $100B quarterly revenue for first time, clo... by tim333 on Thursday October 30, 2025 @01:09PM (#45762346)
The pizza glue and DEI stuff were temporary glitches on new products. Their basic engineering on search, gmail etc is pretty solid.