Re:The silent majority in software
by goodpoint on Monday August 29, 2022 @09:58AM
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> many of those tools are written while building those critical systems and scale
Very, very few come out of teams working on the real stuff. Both FAANGs and other companies are not going to release their crucial internal tools and not even discuss them in public.
> may include both the learnings as well as the mistakes
"release early" is not something anybody should do for production critical tools like devops stuff.
> frankly, most people aren’t building things that are critical or require scale
100% agree, but if I build ships they have to fit safety standards even if most people never meet rough seas.
Very, very few come out of teams working on the real stuff. Both FAANGs and other companies are not going to release their crucial internal tools and not even discuss them in public.
> may include both the learnings as well as the mistakes
"release early" is not something anybody should do for production critical tools like devops stuff.
> frankly, most people aren’t building things that are critical or require scale
100% agree, but if I build ships they have to fit safety standards even if most people never meet rough seas.