Re:Twitter’s Kafka adoption story
by outworlder on Thursday November 29, 2018 @04:01PM
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Or maybe, just maybe, engineering is keeping tech debt in check and replacing pieces that are working, but not working well, with better pieces. Also, unless we are working at a similar scale, I don't think we are qualified to comment on their engineering challenges.
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Engineering is keeping your knives sharp and your tools clean.
One of the oft unspoken things in software is that we let the talent do things that are prima facie suboptimal for the organization in order to keep them here and keep them vibrant.
Some minor boondoggles I used to think harshly about make more sense in hindsight when I think about my own mental processes when I leave a place or even when I’m just feeling demotivated.
I love to solve a problem and be done with it. Probably more than most. But... you have to keep moving, and it’s probably even true that there can be no sacred cows.