StanTwinB

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   by StanTwinB 6y ago

   It’s interesting that you saw this was a tale of heroics. I view it as a tale of bad choices and organization failure.
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   by StanTwinB 6y ago

   Indeed the ObjC people were right (I was one of them). But there is nothing more useless than standing in the corner and saying “I told you so”. That’s the curmudgeon.
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   by StanTwinB 6y ago

   It’s not about collecting info before you open the app. What happens with most people is they open the app, request a ride, then close the app again and do something else until the driver has arrived notification. Location services start ou
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   by StanTwinB 6y ago

   It’s interesting to me that you came away from this thinking that I didn’t realize the eng size growth was the problem. I specifically said in the third tweet that hypergrowth was the problem. I even went on to say why it was a problem. The
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   by StanTwinB 6y ago

   If by OP you mean me, then let’s be clear. I didn’t think the rewrite was necessary.
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   by StanTwinB 6y ago

   Looking at the bundle now is not going to give you insight into the problems in the Uber app 4 years ago. Also you’re looking at the uncompressed install size, which was not the problem (over the air compressed download size was the limitin