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CapmCrackaWaka ◴[] No.33696266[source]
Why do so many tech companies seem to be releasing “secret sauce” for free lately? I see a lot of posts lately detailing how inner production systems work at large companies, and while I’m grateful, I’m curious why the higher ups think it’s worthwhile to release this information.
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1. jtsiskin ◴[] No.33696343[source]
Facebook in particular is very open about its data center, see https://www.opencompute.org/

See “Commoditize Your Complement” - https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v/ , https://www.gwern.net/Complement