The very first Google Server (1996) was literally stored in a custom case made of Lego bricks. It’s now on display at Stanford University

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    1. I can’t image that I started web development just a few years after Google, and I’m still nowhere with commercial projects 

    2. PauseAffectionate720 on

      Humanity’s scientific advancement in last 100 years is really astounding.

    3. not_like_this_ on

      The top row of bricks not pressed completely down in last pic got my OCD lit up.

    4. a trillion unique web pages and I bet most people only visit the same 5 every day.

    5. illprobablyeditthis on

      Could it have been figuratively stored in a custom case made of Lego bricks?

    6. Just imagine a quick in the moment idea you just had because you needed to build something quick for your first server is later entombed as a piece of history

    7. Reading the caption… a low cost cabinet… made of lego bricks.

      This doesn’t feel right. Lego ain’t cheap.

    8. Is that even Lego? The nubs look too tall. I think this might be knock-off Lego-style construction bricks.

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