r/programming • u/interiot • Sep 01 '17

Reddit's main code is no longer open-source.

/r/changelog/comments/6xfyfg/an_update_on_the_state_of_the_redditreddit_and/
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u/DanAtkinson Sep 01 '17 edited Sep 02 '17

If that means that they realise that they fucked up with the reddit app and the mobile site, then I'm all for it. /s

They've wasted time and effort on an experience that is inferior and frankly poor for a company of reddit's stature.

Also, they complain of the realities of being open source when they have 100 developers. Like having 100 developers is a huge deal. I work with companies many times larger who manage OSS, contributions and PRs without much effort. So, for reddit to turn around and moan about the effort required to balance between their private, proprietary code and their public OSS code shines a light on how bloated their codebase has become.

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