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Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by enlyth on Monday November 20, 2023 @06:19AM (#38346396)
> You think they let inexperienced developers touch the YT code base

Uh, yes? We were all inexperienced at some point. Just the linked file is like 300k lines of unminified code, I doubt it's all written by PHDs with 20 years of experience

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Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by xxs on Monday November 20, 2023 @06:27AM (#38346483)
Some would argue that owning a PhD degree does not necessarily guarantee half decent engineering skills.
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Re:YouTube artificially slows down video load times when usi... by vanderZwan on Monday November 20, 2023 @07:57AM (#38347310)
It's the "without proper code review" part that I consider malice, not being inexperienced.
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