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From what I hear, even Google is mired by years of product, organisational and tooling debt.
by ehnto 5y ago
From what I hear, even Google is mired by years of product, organisational and tooling debt.
- datavirtue 5y agoMire is a good word to describe what is going through my mind when I see their recent search results.
- schnable 5y agoThat would make sense as to why they kill of products, in attempt to reign this in. In reality, killing products is still pretty uncommon even for Google. Just today, I logged into Google Calendar on my iPhone and the mobile UI looked like it hadn't changed since 2008 and it was missing a ton of features.
- jeffbee 5y agoThe mobile web UI for calendar has indeed been abandonware for about 5 years and even before that it was starting to look pretty crusty. I think largely because nobody cares and everyone on mobile uses the app. The mobile web interface of Gmail hasn't changed in years either but it is still maintained and also wonderfully good.
- vkou 5y agoYes, and it actively manages it. Occasionally, one of the potential outcomes of this management becomes visible to the outside world, when it sunsets a product. Other times, lack of investment in this management also becomes visible, when a product is clearly languishing. As in any other company, headcount is always limited, and some products are funded by nothing but the willpower of particular passionate engineers/managers, which results in a very low lottery bus factor.