[Tech] Reddit's Two Tables, Amazon's Biblio Records and Title Authority
Download MP3Today, in the Invent Like An Owner Podcast, Dave speaks with Rebecca Allen. They travel through memory lane by talking about the restructuring of Amazon’s catalog using Base 36, the complications of recycling ISBNs that led to the creation of Amazon’s Standard Identification Number (ASIN), how the Title Authority feature helped customers find books through associations, the seemingly impossible to accomplish Used Books category, and so much more.
Listen to Invent like an Owner: https://share.transistor.fm/s/97560e78#t=29m26s
Reddit has Two Tables (2012): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32407873
Reddit has Two Tables (2012): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32407873
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