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0 pointsosigurdson3y ago0 comments

>> there definitely is a ceiling

Is there though? Operating systems have 10K - 20K devs based on a casual internet search. Of course there are many services / processes but they are not communicating using an http API or message queue. Similarly, Postgres has 350 people. I don't think team size is a factor at all.

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dasil0033y ago· 1 in thread

I was thinking of common server-based applications serving millions of clients. Obviously lower-level applications that must run on a single box need different techniques to encapsulate logic and enable scaling of their teams.

osigurdsonOP3y ago

Agree. However, this seems to be pointing back to the problem again, not team size.

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