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> 5000+ developers across 40+ offices That's an enormous amount of manpower.
by robotresearcher 10y ago
> 5000+ developers across 40+ offices
That's an enormous amount of manpower.
- fauigerzigerk 10y agoThat doesn't matter. Only growth of manpower matters. The fundamental problem stays the same regardless of how many people you have. If you add code and revise 50% of it every month, the code base is bound to grow and the share of time spent on maintaining the old code grows as well until development of new code grinds to a halt. Unless of course there is massive growth in hiring. But that isn't sustainable. [Edit] Well, I forgot one possibility: Deleting code.
- Jabbles 10y agohttps://www.theatlas.com/charts/4ySTybWY https://www.theatlas.com/charts/4ySTybWY (Can't vouch for accuracy.)
- Sajmani 10y agoAnd these numbers are 5 years old :-)