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I liked how before he fired most of the staff people were sanctimoniously explaining that Twitter was an incredibly complex system and if you couldn't understan
by hcks 4y ago
I liked how before he fired most of the staff people were sanctimoniously explaining that Twitter was an incredibly complex system and if you couldn't understand how 4,000 engineers were needed you were an amateur.
Now they're gone and Twitter is still here but the goalposts have been moved to "well actually it's gonna break in t+X weeks" or "well it's not about the system working, it's about marginal profit per engineer".
- scrollaway 4y agoOr, nobody moved the goalposts and you're reading different people. It's not that difficult a conclusion, is it? Claiming "Twitter will go down tomorrow because people got fired" is utterly stupid. It's like claiming "My teeth will fall tomorrow because my dentist got fired".
- roflyear 4y agoAnd, twitter has had some tech-related issues. It is surprisingly resilient, which isn't a big positive showing by the devs that left? why would you want people who built such a resilient software stack to go to another company? potentially or likely competitors?