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It sounds incredulous but I have heard similar things about Oracle. May be a large dev team can duct tape enough so that the product is solid.
by indogooner 5y ago
It sounds incredulous but I have heard similar things about Oracle. May be a large dev team can duct tape enough so that the product is solid.
- gfd 5y agoYou're probably thinking of this comment, oracle and 25 million lines of c code: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18442941 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18442941
- eternalban 5y agoThey both likely have solid 80% solutions (design) and incrementally cover the 20% gap as need arises. This in turn adds to operational complexity. Alternative would be to attempt a near 'perfect' solution for the product requirements and that may either hit an impossibility wall or may require substantial long term effort that would impede product development cycles. So likely the former approach is the smarter choice.