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Right, but the whole reason he gave to do a whole rewrite was that Twitter’s tech stack was horrible… but then couldn’t even answer what is that tech stack and what makes it so horrible
Yeah, you guys are sooooo much smarter than Elon. Carryon.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Right, but the whole reason he gave to do a whole rewrite was that Twitter’s tech stack was horrible… but then couldn’t even answer what is that tech stack and what makes it so horrible
Yeah, you guys are sooooo much smarter than Elon. Carryon.
Musk: "I think we won't get to the refactor if we don't make these changes" "why?" Musk: "because we're going to be bankrupt" "what's the runway?" Musk: *silence* "Elon you're you're our philosopher um you know Plato would be very proud of you. You're extremely technically competent and I think really understand how to how to drive things in a in a good direction. You know I I really love how you're also leaning into…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Right, but the whole reason he gave to do a whole rewrite was that Twitter’s tech stack was horrible… but then couldn’t even answer what is that tech stack and what makes it so horrible
Yeah, you guys are sooooo much smarter than Elon. Carryon.
Musk: "I think we won't get to the refactor if we don't make these changes" "why?" Musk: "because we're going to be bankrupt" "what's the runway?" Musk: *silence* "Elon you're you're our philosopher um you know Plato would be very proud of you. You're extremely technically competent and I think really understand how to how to drive things in a in a good direction. You know I I really love how you're also leaning into…
That last bit, it’s very hard to believe it was _serious_.
Ooh, a tough question, but a fair one.
Aka "the single worst strategic mistake that any software company can make": https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-...
This is why experienced engineers don't just act out on first instinct.
Lol. Wasn’t built here huh? Has he ever worked with legacy software ever before? It’s possible he has not. Wild. Do it! And GPL the stack you leave for dead please, Elon.
Musk: "I think we won't get to the refactor if we don't make these changes" "why?" Musk: "because we're going to be bankrupt" "what's the runway?" Musk: *silence* "Elon you're you're our philosopher um you know Plato would be very proud of you. You're extremely technically competent and I think really understand how to how to drive things in a in a good direction. You know I I really love how you're also leaning into…
That last bit, it’s very hard to believe it was _serious_.
Lol. Wasn’t built here huh? Has he ever worked with legacy software ever before? It’s possible he has not. Wild. Do it! And GPL the stack you leave for dead please, Elon.
He paid $44 billion not so start from scratch, and now he wants to start from scratch.
Rewriting software from scratch isn't cheap, either, especially if you're doing it at the same time as trying to keep the existing code base running. It's practically never a good idea.
But even if it were worth rewriting the software, it's still not what he paid for. He paid $44B because the software is so famous that we're talking about it here, and that would last even through a rewrite. (Assuming the rewrite was done correctly, which it usually isn't.)