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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by lumost on Monday October 31, 2022 @09:29AM (#33405421)
Why? One of the production goals of software is to minimize inventory time. Software that is written and not shipped incurs capex without revenue, unlike tech debt - I can put an explicit number on this cost. Similarly, software that goes unshipped also does not get customer feedback. It may be worthless.

There’s a balance here - but it’s not at all obvious what the balance should be in every business.

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Re:Tesla engineers were on-site to evaluate the Twitter staf... by Nomentatus on Monday October 31, 2022 @12:04PM (#33407734)
You're right, every business is different, and that goes for software businesses, too. I'm thinking that Twitter's central position re the dissemination of information, and its international scope make it a fairly high security operation, in this day and age, whether it wants to be or not.
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