What does a breakthrough look like?

wild_egg • yesterday at 10:14 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

pizlonator • yesterday at 10:18 PM

Some examples:

- The first web browser

- the first web browser with images

- typescript

- react

- rust

- Fil-C

- doom

- quake

- the anamorphic VM, and its follow-ups like HotSpot, and even competitors/copycats like J9, V8, JSC, etc

- Fortnite battle royale

- Roblox

- thefacebook

- ChatGPT

- Claude code

I know that’s quite a range and that’s intentional.

Anyway, I think we’ll know it when we see it.

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joshuamcginnis • yesterday at 10:26 PM

Massive productivity gains.

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yoyohello13 • yesterday at 10:53 PM

How about a Windows file browser that opens in less than 5 seconds.

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