> How much more software does Uber need?
> Unless they are iteratively replacing expensive vendors and optimizing other headcount costs?
Yes and yes. Also the world changes and software has to evolve to model that change, especially at a place like Uber whose software models phenomena in the real world.
And gas stoves, why wind turbines are bad for golf courses, the effects of nuclear weapons on hurricanes, the favorability decline of Robert E Lee, invisibility for stealth fighters, the rapid death of the US farmer due to solar panels, and the impact of tariffs on consumer prices...
Subversion pre-1.5 was a nightmare. Branch merges were by convention in commit messages. To merge 20 commits from your branch, you would do `svn merge -r 125:140 /branches/my-feature` and then note in the commit message which range you merged.
1.5 made that tracking automatic but just shoved it into a metadata field that just percolated through every directory in a project.
And if someone tried to rename a core path? In the distance, sirens.
It stars Tom Noonan and Ben Bailey!
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