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The author took probably the dumbest and most egregious instance of this ("I can replace google with lucene!") and completely sidesteps the legit discussion tha
by rozap 3y ago
The author took probably the dumbest and most egregious instance of this ("I can replace google with lucene!") and completely sidesteps the legit discussion that often happens in the face of this absurdity. Why does it take hundreds of facebook engineers to make instagram completely nonfunctional, when the original company had created a nice product with a dozen engineers? Seems like the answer is in the ulterior motives of the company, and the centralization and decline of the internet in general. But it still feels absolutely absurd on the outside looking in and the underlying reasons are somewhat interesting, though usually not technical.
There are reasonable discussions of this sort, but the example OP goes on about is kind of a straw man. Just because anyone can go on the internet and say anything ("I'll build google in a weekend!") doesn't mean it needs a whole rebuttal that takes it seriously.
edit: just realized this was 2016. a purer time.
- HWR_14 3y agoThe answer for IG seems somewhat easy. It takes as much work for a UX designer to design the French translation as the [very minor language] translation. Or financial disclosure requirements in Germany vs Andorra. Each employee serves fewer people (assuming you start in the biggest regions). The same logic applies to bugs on more and more obscure setups, or more and more niche features.
- hinkley 3y agoIt takes raw talent or many hands to make something completely nonfunctional. With a small team someone might accidentally do something coherent. In a large team there’s no danger of that. Unless one or two people somehow wrangle control of the whole thing.