Meta developer tools: Working at scale

Re:Meta developer tools: Working at scale by jonathankoren on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @12:20PM (#36508686)

Well one. Don’t use a mono repo.

Punching yourself in the dick and then proudly proclaiming that you’ve made a robot that grabs your arm every time you go to punch yourself in the dick isn’t progress.

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Re:Meta developer tools: Working at scale by sangnoir on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @02:04PM (#36510227)

For a moment, let's assume they do abandon the monorepo. What solution would you recommend for managing code dependencies and coordinating releases between thousands of teams (at a modest 5 repos per team) - git tags?

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Re:Meta developer tools: Working at scale by jonathankoren on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @06:13PM (#36513384)

This coordinating releases across teams is not a unique a problem. In fact, every large software organization solves this problem. They don’t usually do it in a assbackwards way due to institutional blindness.

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Re:Meta developer tools: Working at scale by sangnoir on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @06:40PM (#36513642)

You're deflecting. What solution would you recommend, since you disapprove of monorepo as a solution to this problem we both agree exists.

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Re:Meta developer tools: Working at scale by rsdbdr203 on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @10:05PM (#36515466)

I disliked a lot of things about working at Meta, the monorepo was not one... it was truly amazing, and very well done.

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