Since we're talking about Twitter, let me point out the Titanic didn't immediately sink when she struck the iceberg. Things can appear fine for some time before

Since we're talking about Twitter, let me point out the Titanic didn't immediately sink when she struck the iceberg. Things can appear fine for some time before they catastrophically fail. Software is no exception. Twitter is no longer positioned to add any new services or abilities. The Twitter we had is the best Twitter will ever be. Maybe that's enough. More likely is people have left who are key to maintaining operational excellence. Like the Titanic, their absence may not be noticed for some time. My initial takeaway from this disaster isn't you can let 80% of your engineers go and you'll be just fine. Though I'm quite happy for my competitors to draw that conclusion!