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no real tricks here, this guy just seems happy he worked on a team with professional standards. thorough testing like that is, while not the norm, pretty commonplace at most of the better places i've worked.

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Yeah, I would have liked to see specific things he learnt at apple. Load testing tools, algorithms for caching, how and which metrics they measured etc.

I am trying to figure out who would find this article useful without any details.

Those who would find this useful are those who have not figured out that following these basic principles WORKS. Too many teams think bypassing mundane correct process will somehow buy them time. There is no magic or secret to great success, only doing things right all the time.

Yup, I have to agree with you that I was very happy to work on a team with professional standards. While commonplace at high tech organizations, there are many non-tech organizations with their own tech teams which aren't aware of good practices since it's something that you have to experience, rather than be taught from a text book. That non-tech group is the one I'm really hoping to reach.

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