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This didn't really tell me why Facebook needs 400 people to work on the iOS app and 75 commits per hour.

by micampe 11y ago

miguelrochefort 11y ago
Surely most of these commits are either automated, or similar in nature (i.e., adding some static resources to some file).
- jonknee 11y ago
  > Here are the stats for the week starting 24 August this year.In that week: 429 unique contributors 2823 total commits Right below it: > Doesn’t include commits to bump version numbers, add translated strings etc - actual number is over 4,000 Any way you slice it that is a chaotic pace of change.
onewaystreet 11y ago
Facebook doesn't have a dedicated iOS team, rather each product team (feed, photos, search, messages, etc.) commits code to the app. This allows updates to be made faster and more consistent since there aren't multiple product teams for each product for each platform, but it also leads to having a large number of contributors, commits and duplicate code.
joeblau 11y ago
What's crazy is that WhatApp has 4 Android engineers and 1 billion downloads.
- themartorana 11y ago
  I would suggest that WhatsApp does a whole lot less.
  - joeblau 11y ago
    I agree, and I think that focus is actually a strength of the product.
- avinassh 11y ago
  > What's crazy is that WhatApp has 4 Android engineers Interesting. Any source for this claim? And also what's the full size of Whatsapp team?
  - deleted 11y ago
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  - joeblau 11y ago
    Jan Koum on Twitter when their app crossed 1 billion users on the Google Play Store[0]. Not sure what their current team size is, but it seems like it's around 40-50. Last year at Startup School, Jan said the backend team 7-8 people on the backend[1]. [0] - https://twitter.com/jankoum/status/575740639444336640 https://twitter.com/jankoum/status/575740639444336640 [1] - https://youtu.be/8-pJa11YvCs?t=1272 https://youtu.be/8-pJa11YvCs?t=1272
s73v3r 11y ago
I doubt they have 400 people dedicated to the iOS app. I think it's more that 400 people happened to have touched the iOS app.

This didn't really tell me why Facebook needs 400 people to work on the iOS app and 75 commits per hour.

by micampe 11y ago

This didn't really tell me why Facebook needs 400 people to work on the iOS app and 75 commits per hour.

Surely most of these commits are either automated, or similar in nature (i.e., adding some static resources to some file).

jonknee 11y ago
> Here are the stats for the week starting 24 August this year.In that week: 429 unique contributors 2823 total commits Right below it: > Doesn’t include commits to bump version numbers, add translated strings etc - actual number is over 4,000 Any way you slice it that is a chaotic pace of change.

onewaystreet 11y ago

Facebook doesn't have a dedicated iOS team, rather each product team (feed, photos, search, messages, etc.) commits code to the app. This allows updates to be made faster and more consistent since there aren't multiple product teams for each product for each platform, but it also leads to having a large number of contributors, commits and duplicate code.

joeblau 11y ago

What's crazy is that WhatApp has 4 Android engineers and 1 billion downloads.

themartorana 11y ago
I would suggest that WhatsApp does a whole lot less.
- joeblau 11y ago
  I agree, and I think that focus is actually a strength of the product.
avinassh 11y ago
> What's crazy is that WhatApp has 4 Android engineers Interesting. Any source for this claim? And also what's the full size of Whatsapp team?
- deleted 11y ago
  [deleted]
- joeblau 11y ago
  Jan Koum on Twitter when their app crossed 1 billion users on the Google Play Store[0]. Not sure what their current team size is, but it seems like it's around 40-50. Last year at Startup School, Jan said the backend team 7-8 people on the backend[1]. [0] - https://twitter.com/jankoum/status/575740639444336640 https://twitter.com/jankoum/status/575740639444336640 [1] - https://youtu.be/8-pJa11YvCs?t=1272 https://youtu.be/8-pJa11YvCs?t=1272

s73v3r 11y ago

I doubt they have 400 people dedicated to the iOS app. I think it's more that 400 people happened to have touched the iOS app.