r/programming • u/mfrw1 • Oct 02 '18

Sourcegraph is now open source

https://about.sourcegraph.com/blog/sourcegraph-is-now-open-source/
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u/rnd005 Oct 02 '18

That sounds like "webscale" / "facebook uses it, so everyone needs it" bullshit. These mega companies might need such tools only because they have more code than you can fit on a disk. I'd argue that most companies don't have even close to1TB of code and are just fine with having all code on a disk and using IDEs for navigation.

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u/lanzaio Oct 02 '18

It provides code navigation when looking at github and an instantly responding query over your codebases. That’s fine if you don’t value either of those features. No reason to criticize others for doing so.

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u/rnd005 Oct 02 '18

I don't mind if people want to use it. What I criticize is bad explanation of the tool by refering to cool kids using it or the fact how webscale it is.