Re:Ask HN: What is the best code base you ever worked on?
by rkagerer on Thursday July 04, 2024 @03:57AM
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I don't see a company today, in this climate, that would emulate that decision.
Why not? There are a lot of benefits from owning the tooling and being able to tailor it to do exactly what you want.
Very critical stuff (ranking, spam/abuse, etc) can be further protected via silos which lock down sections of the code base (but still allow limited interactions with the build).
Google spent significant engineering $$$ into its development tools and policies (generally building custom with no intent to ever monetize vs buying). I don't see a company today, in this climate, that would emulate that decision.