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Most of the blog posts I see that are this detailed are usually from larger companies.
by abrookewood 4y ago
Most of the blog posts I see that are this detailed are usually from larger companies.
- fnordpiglet 4y agoI don’t think it’s related to size but rather corporate culture, and what behavior leads to profitability. Netflix is all about reducing cost in their technical infrastructure while providing a highly consistent high bandwidth relatively low latency experience. Exxon Mobil couldn’t care less. There are small pockets of Amazon that care, but most of Amazon is product management driven towards a business goal where costs and performance are only relevant when it interferes with the product goal. It’s less about size and more about priority for achieving the core business objectives. Companies that need this behavior but don’t prioritize it will sooner or later be overtaken by a Netflix. Companies that do not need this behavior but do prioritize it will be overtaken by a product focused competitor while the engineers and flipping bits to optimize marginal compute utilization.