Out of all the comments here, I can't believe this is the only one that shares my sentiment. I'm not a software engineer, but in my area of engineering if I ever revealed anything publicly as detailed as this kind of architecture; for instance, the failure modes effect analysis framework use at a certain aerospace company... or details of the simulation models involving the crash analysis at a certain car company, so soon after departing one of those companies, I'd expect a letter from a lawyer within a week. In most places I've worked I don't think I could even post anything on the internet invoking the name of the company unless it was a repost of some public information the company itself had previously released.
Do the vast majority of people here on HN/in Silicon Valley not have 5-year NDA's? Or do they and they just not care?
Breach of contract possibly. Usually companies don't want you revealing their internal infrastructure publicly unless you get permission. Who knows though.
Yes exactly this. Maybe they did but I didn't find it stated in the writeup, which was actually pretty good. If it were my company though, I'd want the intellectual capital protected and we programmers usually have to sign non-compete agreements so I think my original comment stands, it was my opinion and initial gut reaction, not an indictment or judgement in any way.
