> However, it does show how much real compute bloat these companies actually have
No, it doesn’t. It’s a fun exercise in approaching Twitter as an academic exercise. It ignores all of the real-world functionality that makes it a business rather than a toy.
A lot of complicated businesses are easy to prototype out if you discard all requirements other than the core feature. In the real world, more engineering work often goes to ancillary features that you never see as an end user.
No, it doesn’t. It’s a fun exercise in approaching Twitter as an academic exercise. It ignores all of the real-world functionality that makes it a business rather than a toy.
A lot of complicated businesses are easy to prototype out if you discard all requirements other than the core feature. In the real world, more engineering work often goes to ancillary features that you never see as an end user.