codebase-growth

#codebase-growth

@FinanceYF5: YC's codebase grew from nearly 0 to almost 4 million lines of code in 14 years. Slowly climbed in the first 12 years, but skyrocketed almost vertically in the last two years. This chart is more intuitive than any speech about 'software is eating the world'.

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The article presents a chart showing Y Combinator's codebase growing from nearly 0 to almost 4 million lines of code over 14 years, with slow growth in the first 12 years and a sharp increase in the last two years, intuitively illustrating the concept of 'software is eating the world'.

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codebase-growth

@FinanceYF5: YC's codebase grew from nearly 0 to almost 4 million lines of code in 14 years. Slowly climbed in the first 12 years, but skyrocketed almost vertically in the last two years. This chart is more intuitive than any speech about 'software is eating the world'.

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