Re:WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers
by numair on Monday October 25, 2021 @01:06PM
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Post-FAANG digital infrastructure. This is that moment, when the cycle starts all over again.
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Re:WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers
by angelzen on Monday October 25, 2021 @03:14PM
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Thanks for sharing your insights. With all kindness, this sounds like post-UnionPacific. The neo robber barons have won. To go on with the metaphor, not sure the future holds a car to fulfill point-to-point transportation demand, as our digital information needs are vastly oversupplied.
What kind of unmet demand you see out there?
Re:WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers
by dleslie on Monday October 25, 2021 @01:15PM
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Anything of note we humble readers should take a look at?
Re:WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers
by numair on Monday October 25, 2021 @01:49PM
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I’m having one of those “why can’t there be 36 hours in a day” moments in life, but I’ve got to publish more about this very soon, so, it’s on the way.
When you combine the story of WhatsApp’s small team / high impact development with the remote work shift of the past few years, it seems that the next cycle (regardless of when/what it is) will be the first that isn’t centered on SF/SV/California. It’s interesting to think of how that’ll affect the psychology of the area.
Re:WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers
by 908B64B197 on Monday October 25, 2021 @03:58PM
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> will be the first that isn’t centered on SF/SV/California.
I've heard this every 5 years for the last... 25 I think?
Still hasn't happened.