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How much depends on so few in tech always amazes me. Go on any major project and see the contributors and the distribution of commits between the top 5-10 vs e
by thejobsdev 6y ago
How much depends on so few in tech always amazes me.
Go on any major project and see the contributors and the distribution of commits between the top 5-10 vs everyone else and it's almost always startling.
- jrott 6y agoIt's always pretty shocking. You even see it at big companies where you'll only have a few engineers working on the core product and then a ton of people working on supporting infrastructure (analytics, marketing and what have you) around them.
- anarazel 6y agoNote that the postgres core team aren't all developing postgres itself, and that there's a vastly larger number of people working on postgres than the core team. They're basically "just" a body to escalate things to.
- jpz 6y agoPareto's Principle arises everywhere.