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Re:Ask HN: What is the best code base you ever worked on? by bhawks on Saturday June 29, 2024 @01:37AM (#40828114)
Google laptops and workstations (anything that can actually access srcfs to get this data) are extremely monitored and controlled.

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.

Re:Ask HN: What is the best code base you ever worked on? by rkagerer on Thursday July 04, 2024 @03:57AM (#40873171)
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.