Seen this? A Tweet thread about Tesla's Developmental backend from someone who used to work there. 

"VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely" (vajazzlemcdildertits) 08/24/2018 at 16:56 • Filed to: tesla, IT, backend

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Chariotoflove > VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely 08/24/2018 at 17:28

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I read this, and immediately thought of the turbo encabulator.

My bird IS the word > VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely 08/24/2018 at 21:24

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That went straight to ten on it jargon.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely 08/24/2018 at 23:28

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None of that really surprises me. 

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > BaconSandwich is tasty. 08/25/2018 at 05:23

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I know, right? 

bhtooefr > VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely 08/25/2018 at 17:04

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This is my international surprised face: 

Is there a single organization, especially in the Bay Area, but even elsewhere , with an infrastructure NOT held together by duct tape and chewing gum, any more?

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > bhtooefr 08/25/2018 at 17:57

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Moving at the speed and budget of startup business means you take shortcuts and ‘finesse’ technical debt. It is inevitable as an unstable system can move faster than a stable one. 

bhtooefr > VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely 08/25/2018 at 19:05

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And, I mean, I’ve seen and heard of plenty of orgs that aren’t moving at startup speed/budget - so often, it just means that they’ve amassed decades of technical debt, instead of years.

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > bhtooefr 08/25/2018 at 19:52

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Bad management/stagnation/business inertia just compound the problem, but the concept is the same.