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There is a lot of "make work" kind of project at some of these companies. Lets design a whole new logging infrastructure or database instead of adopting or impr

by pkaye 7y ago

There is a lot of "make work" kind of project at some of these companies. Lets design a whole new logging infrastructure or database instead of adopting or improving something that already exists. Or lets overanalyze the the font that we use for our webpage or design a new font because we have a lot of VC money and nothing better to do.

walshemj 7y ago
Redesigning a font and saving say 20% of its size is a worth while saving - you wont believe how much the average website is bloated by using fancy fonts.
r00fus 7y ago
I see it as cargo-cult facade that they hope will attract the kind of engineers that work for FAANGM.