> At FAANG scale this couldn't be further from the truth. Here's the problem with this blend of specious reasoning. Even without questioning your claims, your

> At FAANG scale this couldn't be further from the truth. Here's the problem with this blend of specious reasoning. Even without questioning your claims, your example is based on a scenario consisting of a niche of niches whose relevance is limited to rare corner cases which have virtually no expression on the real world. It's like trying to extrapolate optimization details from Formula 1 as something relevant for the design of a Volkswagen hatchback. I mean, I worked at a FAANG on flagship services that virtually the whole world used, and I can tell you as a matter of fact that the vast majority of real-world FAANG services do not qualify as your hypothetical FAANG scale. That's where you're basing your anecdotal example.