Open-Sourcing Vespa, Yahoo’s Data Processing and Serving Engine
Yahoo time and again releases open source software which is super super helpful to the community at large. But it always makes me wonder why an org with such an amazing engg culture (multiple anecdotes from friends who were at Yahoo, plus the amazing experiences at Yahoo OpenHack each year as a testament to this) could be run into the ground.<p>Really goes to show that engg != business and unless you have a firm business model and growth, an amazing engg team can only get you so far.<p>I know I'm just stating the obvious, but just putting it out there!<p>Vespa looks super interesting (more so since I'm in a company that provides ecommerce search APIs as a product) and I'm sure I'll play with it more. Thanks Yahoo! :)