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He's saying that on the surface it doesn't do a lot. But that he understands why it would take 100's of engineers. You seem to be preparing to argue with some
by ghostbrainalpha 8y ago
He's saying that on the surface it doesn't do a lot. But that he understands why it would take 100's of engineers.
You seem to be preparing to argue with someone, that definitely agrees with you.
BUT.. for if you just need someone to argue with.....
Netflix is a video library organization system, and a video player. It really doesn't do much. They should consider building the whole thing on WordPress and managing it with a single person.
- chrisco255 8y agoHe seems to be inferring that's mostly due to AWS management. Not going to take the bait, but it is an interesting phenomenon that a lot of people will look at an app that has a simple surface layer with an intuitive UX and not appreciate the difficulty of engineering that at scale.
- aidos 8y agoI think you might need to read it again more charitably. To me it reads that it’s just the scale that requires a big team, nothing to do with AWS