Since the 2010 nadir of fail whales, Twitter invested a lot into improving their... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		pavlov on March 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter was down Since the 2010 nadir of fail whales, Twitter invested a lot into improving their engineering quality. There's a great 2015 essay by Peter Seibel who was tech lead on their Engineering Effectiveness team: https://gigamonkeys.com/flowers I'd guess almost nobody from that era remains at Musk-Twitter.

O__________O on March 6, 2023 [–]

As reminder, from 2011 to 2014, Twitter also 10x their headcount:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/272140/employees-of-twit...

Consider applying for YC's Fall 2025 batch! Applications are open till Aug 4
Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact