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Many developers and companies look at Facebook as a model for good software practices and principles, so it's interesting to see them struggle with the same iss
by jobu 11y ago
Many developers and companies look at Facebook as a model for good software practices and principles, so it's interesting to see them struggle with the same issues:
"Increasing overhead initiates a positive feedback loop: less getting done -> more pressure -> more mistakes -> even fewer changes per deployment -> more overhead -> less getting done."
- ryandrake 11y agoI think the jury is still way out on whether Facebook's model is something to emulate or avoid. In the end, it's going to depend on the company, the product, the customers' expectations, and the engineering talent/engagement. "Move fast and break things" just isn't going to work everywhere. I've seen places where waterfall was totally appropriate and worked well. There's a lot of variety out there.