> And that's an acceptable trade-off for a different sized company. Google arguably has the biggest centralised codebase in the world, and simply has different requirements.
AWS does not operate this way nor do many CDNs operate this way nor do ISPs operate this way. There's other high scale businesses out there. Google isn't the only one. Using Google's scale to justify business practices is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
> AWS does not operate this way nor do many CDNs operate this way nor do ISPs operate this way.
I'm not denying that, but all the same, we're not talking about thousands of separate codebases. It's a single monorepo codebase with consistent styling, the advantage being that people can switch teams or contribute to other Google software under the same style guide.
The overhead isn't a bug, it's a core feature as consistent style makes it that much easier to switch teams.
AWS does not operate this way nor do many CDNs operate this way nor do ISPs operate this way. There's other high scale businesses out there. Google isn't the only one. Using Google's scale to justify business practices is a self-fulfilling prophecy.