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Some of these points are a bit suspicious, and I bet don't tell "the whole story" the way they're intended. For instance, the statement about not investing in a
by bradhe 5y ago
Some of these points are a bit suspicious, and I bet don't tell "the whole story" the way they're intended. For instance, the statement about not investing in automation unless absolutely necessary or the point about hot-swapping Erlang code.
Would be good to actually hear from one of these engineers for a discussion on the paint points of working on WhatsApp back then.
- tdrdt 5y agoAutomation can be good, but will also be another system to support. I think this XKCD applies: https://xkcd.com/1205/ https://xkcd.com/1205/
- bryanrasmussen 5y agoIf you shave off 1 second I have a hard time believing that 1 second will not just be swallowed up by the entropy of coffee breaks.
- bradhe 5y agoI'd like to see what their criteria for "absolutely necessary" is--I bet it doesn't fall on the right side of that table.