Drgn: How the Linux kernel team at Facebook debugs the kernel at scale

Re:Drgn: How the Linux kernel team at Facebook debugs the ke... by detaro on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @02:52AM (#29549307)

Very much depends on the domain. Not for a generic server-/web-app normally, but in other software fields not surprising. But of course "current developers" only work on webapps ;)

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Re:Drgn: How the Linux kernel team at Facebook debugs the ke... by oblio on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @07:28AM (#29550874)

> But of course "current developers" only work on webapps ;)

The rule of thumb is that the vast, overwhelming majority of developers are working on business apps, especially Line Of Business (LOB) internal apps nobody ever sees.

It's hard to get exact numbers for this stuff but I wouldn't be surprised if the ratio of base infrastructure developers (kernel, shell, drivers, compilers, runtimes, frameworks, libraries etc.) to app developers is 1:100.

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Re:Drgn: How the Linux kernel team at Facebook debugs the ke... by detaro on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @12:11PM (#29554167)

Not sure if a contrast between "base infrastructure" and "apps" in response to "only on webapps" is supposed to be a joke or not. Just because its not a webapp it doesn't mean it's "base infrastructure".

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Re:Drgn: How the Linux kernel team at Facebook debugs the ke... by oblio on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @06:23PM (#29559554)

I said apps, not just webapps.

I'm not sure I see your point in this context.

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