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Re:Scaling Erlang Developer Experience at WhatsApp [pdf] by user5994461 on Friday September 11, 2020 @03:26PM (#24446412)
No global service can run with 10 people. Just to have a good coverage 24/7 you're looking at a 50 people company.
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Re:Scaling Erlang Developer Experience at WhatsApp [pdf] by oblio on Friday September 11, 2020 @04:44PM (#24447149)
Yeah, just ops would be 3 timezones x 8 hours x 2 (ideally 3) people per timezone. So that's 6-9 people just for a barebones ops team.
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