Airbnb Is Moving Faster at Scale with GraphQL and Apollo

Re:Airbnb Is Moving Faster at Scale with GraphQL and Apollo by tvanantwerp on Sunday January 13, 2019 @09:39AM (#18896816)

I've had the exact same problems using AirBnb. I can never rely on things to be in the same place one visit to the next, if they continue to exist at all.

I don't think AirBnb is alone in this. There are many sites and apps that change UI's radically with disturbing regularity. I've begun to wonder if there is a glut of UX/UI people in tech right now, and that this endless cycle of zero-value-added change is just an attempt to justify their continued employment.

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Re:Airbnb Is Moving Faster at Scale with GraphQL and Apollo by untog on Sunday January 13, 2019 @09:50AM (#18896857)

I actually think the problem isn't a glut of designers or UXers, it's an obsession with A/B testing and multi-armed bandit scenarios. I'm sure that at any one time there are dozens of A/B tests running on the site, and the inconsistency we all see is a direct result. Netflix is a similar offender in this area, I never have any idea where "continue watching" is going to be when I open up the app.

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