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> ...that even the simplest tasks contain when rolled out to millions of people. Wasn't this precisely the focus of the article?
by hunter-gatherer 5y ago
> ...that even the simplest tasks contain when rolled out to millions of people.
Wasn't this precisely the focus of the article?
- planb 5y agoMaybe I misread it, but I understood that the article said that the simplest tasks get complex when dozens of people are involved in solving it. I'm not saying that's wrong, of course working with a large team creates overhead. But giving the headcount of amazon and google as evidence for this is a bit misleading.
- handoflixue 5y ago> Wasn't this precisely the focus of the article? "A software developer could write a proof-of-concept search engine in a few days; Alphabet employs 130,000 people " This suggests that those 130,000 people are all software developers, and that they all work on the search engine. I think clarifying that ambiguity is a pretty appropriate response. The reason Alphabet employees 130K people isn't because "running a search engine at scale" requires it, it's because they're in 30 other lines of business.