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>>ZacnyL+(OP)
> There must have been an insane nest of logic that the devs had to tiptoe through to make the service workable as a private only service.

It seems that this statement can lead to different conclusions based on one's biases for or against Musk / freedom of speech:

1) The code base is a mess because the smaller, current team don't know what they're doing and/or management (i.e. Musk) is pushing them too hard and making poor decisions

2) The code base is a mess because the far greater number of engineers there before didn't know what they were doing and/or management weren't pushing them hard enough and were making poor decisions.

Both could be true but I'm going with something the more complex view that it's a little bit of everything, and that Twitter does seem to be moving in a positive direction overall.

>>brigan+bh1
This makes me realize "the code base is a mess" has been so overused it could be a standard greeting in our profession.

Everyone has their horror story and extreme examples, but for any mildly profitable company that went through a decade or more of operation, I think it's kinda of a meaningless statement.