Misc.Aug 18, 2019
NewAb44

Why does the apps of Google, FB etc suck so hard when they pay people so much?

If I go to the front page of Facebook right now , I can spot at least 5 bugs in 10 seconds. Videos not loading as they should, chats being marked as "not read" while they are and so on GMail is eating so much memory and is incredibly slow to load, and the whole "render" cycle or what it's called of their fancy front end framework doesn't show the new coloured labels on the tabs until a few seconds later, a problem we solved at my job many times for our projects. But apparently the 500+ TC guys at Google think this is too hard And so on and so on, we should not even mention LinkedIn and it's horrible routing and UI sluggishness

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Indeed tjjsrg Aug 18, 2019

They hire overqualified people to do easy shit and they turn it into a complex problem to make it interesting to them

GoDaddy lt84bw Aug 18, 2019

⬆️ This

Zoox VyGO67 Aug 18, 2019

Damn. Well said.

Facebook Ô ptimist Aug 18, 2019

Two reasons come to mind: 1-leet code gets you in, but you still can't think by yourself and write shit code. Give it a few years and the system becomes a pile of shit. 2-Google or Facebook are facing scales and variety of clients that you can only dream of at most other places. That requires trade-offs and process. It gets in the way. it is also possible that the users are not complaining enough for it to matter... 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Ab44 OP Aug 18, 2019

1) But those optimizations n log stuff must in theory be used for something right? 2) Yes, but if I use the newest Chrome browser on Windows 10, how can not the company who built the browser itselfs biggest products work flawlessly on it. Compare them to Amazon, Amazon actually have a good website. AWS panel is a bit clunky but it's never slow or weird. Maybe because they don't need to use dark UX patterns to gather ad revenue

Facebook Ô ptimist Aug 18, 2019

Yeah.... Amazon revenues comes from the website working good. Google and Facebook? They need ads.

Tesla iAppie Aug 18, 2019

Fix your device/browser. Do you think we’ve not seen this before & it just passes rigorous QA testing?

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Ab44 OP Aug 18, 2019

Gmail is literally a CRUD list app with 4 tabs and a few routes. If a 1 year old computer with Windows 10 and Chrome latest doesn't work, I'm not sure what will...

Tesla iAppie Aug 18, 2019

Your understanding is bleak.

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QTdN03 Aug 18, 2019

I think you’re expected to use the latest MacBook Pro.

Facebook vjuiu Aug 18, 2019

It’s the scale. Usually the trade off in CAP is consistency.

BusPatrol Igpay2 Aug 18, 2019

No, just press the autoscale button

Facebook cuck Aug 18, 2019

Works for me

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nonPC Aug 18, 2019

Google suites is stupid. Business will adapt it and then get rid of it. Made for kids by kids, not for serious businesses. What kind email does not have sort, it’s stupid to have to search for everything when you get a lot more results than you want.

Google revert_bak Aug 18, 2019

Found a 🦕

Tesla iAppie Aug 18, 2019

nonPC guy telling the world how mail should work! 🤣

Amazon 🤠== 8 Aug 18, 2019

OP, you sound like Albertsons material.

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Ab44 OP Aug 18, 2019

I wouldn't pass their phone screen since they only hire 10+ YOE from FANGS

Google SdrPikachu Aug 18, 2019

How many DAU does "New" have?

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Ab44 OP Aug 18, 2019

around 5

Salesforce rcno01 Aug 18, 2019

Lazy loading 101, sir

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Ab44 OP Aug 18, 2019

The lazy loading on FB doesn't even work if scrolling too fast