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> if the Snapchat backend looks anything like the ux works What does this even mean. > Just because some company moves a lot of bits doesn't mean they know w

• jethro_tell 10y ago
  >> if the Snapchat backend looks anything like the ux works >What does this even mean. I find their app to be very poorly designed, I wouldn't be surprised if their back end is also poorly designed. >You have to have some measure of competency to be able to operate at Snapchat scale. You really do. Meh, they are big but they aren't that big. There are about 3000 bigger sites out there and not that many are built on GAE so that's a strange way to measure the competency of GAE or snap chat for that matter. You can run at scale and do it poorly, Enterprises do it all the time. Size and scale aren't really a good indication of quality. If you want to make a case for appengine, do that, but don't tell me that 'these guys vetted it, and they are kinda big, so it must be good' There's a lot more big sites that don't use app engine. Size doesn't equal competency.