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It terrifies me that they probably ran their numbers very carefully and realized that this feat of engineering was still cheaper than rewriting their platform
by easyThrowaway 3y ago
It terrifies me that they probably ran their numbers very carefully and realized that this feat of engineering was still cheaper than rewriting their platform using a more manageable tech stack.
- gnrl 3y agoThe decision is often inspired by two things A) how near impossible it is to migrate the sheer amount of services and code without breaking something. B) that often the needed performance is not needed is not having big jumps. So small but constant improvements are the way to go.