Dan Bricklin on Building the First Killer App – Learning From Machine Learning
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Dan Bricklin shares lessons from building VisiCalc, the first killer app, and how they relate to machine learning, with the community discussing the insights and parallels drawn.
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Dan Bricklin co-created VisiCalc in 1979, working within 32KB of memory. The design decisions made under those constraints (frozen panes, synchronized windows) are still standard in spreadsheets today.
This conversation covers his framework for evaluating transformative technology across 5 decades-from mainframes to AI.
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