ooli@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago8 Reasons Why WhatsApp Was Able to Support 50 Billion Messages a Day With Only 32 Engineersnewsletter.systemdesign.oneexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down143
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minus-squareT156@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agoI like how “Don’t reinvent the wheel” is almost immediately followed by “they rewrote some of the core components to fit their needs”. Isn’t that basically reinventing the wheel with a few extra steps?
minus-squaretopinambour_rex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoMore a redesign the wheel.
I like how “Don’t reinvent the wheel” is almost immediately followed by “they rewrote some of the core components to fit their needs”. Isn’t that basically reinventing the wheel with a few extra steps?
More a redesign the wheel.