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Re:Ask HN: How does Apple achieve both secrecy and quality f... by throwthere on Monday April 18, 2022 @02:48PM (#31074835)
More about Directly Responsible Individuals (DRI) from gitlab-- It's an interesting organization concept imo. [1]

From the article-- Of course, when things do go wrong, it's also the DRI who (usually) takes the fall as was the case when Scott Forestall, then iOS senior vice president, was forced to resign after he "refused to sign the letter apologizing" for Apple's infamously error-laden Maps app redesign in 2011.

https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/directly-resp...

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Re:Ask HN: How does Apple achieve both secrecy and quality f... by DonHopkins on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @07:55AM (#31095592)
Is he the one directly responsible for the Silicon Valley "It's Apple Maps Bad" scene?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVq1wgIN62E

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