So you know when people ask "why does X startup have X,000 developers? what do they do all day for a single app[0]. Here is your answer: "Technical details: -

So you know when people ask "why does X startup have X,000 developers? what do they do all day for a single app[0]. Here is your answer: "Technical details: - 9 month of work by 3 people; - real thing, runs over all code of #Stripe" https://twitter.com/darkdimius/status/1002103748875902978 https://twitter.com/darkdimius/status/1002103748875902978 Now let's look at this from a financial perspective: So let's say average $175k salary per employee + benefits and you're looking at easily north of $600k to do this. I'm not saying it's "right" or "wrong", but thats just what companies at this scale do because they create development cultures and subsequent financial controls that allow for indirect production software development to happen. [0]for the record, Stripe is much more complicated than just a "single app"