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Especially when you consider the software and design of Zoom, poor engineering culture sounds like the more realistic answer.

• strictnein 6y ago
  > "Poor engineering culture" The software and service is currently running at a scale that the vast majority of visitors to HN can barely dream of achieving. But yeah, they prioritized ease of install for the client of their software over other considerations, so that must mean they have a "poor engineering culture", whatever that's supposed to mean.
  • clusterfish 6y ago
    Profitable business culture, poor engineering culture. Happens all the time in companies of all sizes.
    • TeMPOraL 6y ago
      In other words: a) malice, and b) a business problem, not a tech problem.
      • clusterfish 6y ago
        Absolutely would call this a tech culture problem. Just like e.g. not writing tests because management doesn't want to spend time on that. Doesn't mean that individual developers are to blame for this kind of decision, but it speaks for the overall culture of the tech org. Yes, often driven by business objectives.