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> But they don't suck because of lack of effort - they suck because there are real physical constraints. They do suck due to lack of effort or investment. FANG
by sangnoir 2y ago
> But they don't suck because of lack of effort - they suck because there are real physical constraints.
They do suck due to lack of effort or investment. FANG companies have remote dev experiences that are decent - or even great - because they invest obscene amounts into dev tooling.
There physical constraints on the flipside: especially for gigantic codebases or datasets that don't fit on dev laptops or have need lower latencies to other services in the DC.
Added bonus: smaller attack surface area for adversaries who want to gain access to your code.
- thayne 2y agoIt isn't just the tooling though. At least with Google, they also have a data center near where most developers work, so that they have much lower latency. They can't make the light go faster, but they can make it so it doesn't go as far. Smaller companies usually don't have a lot of flexibility with that though.