> Google enforces standards and opinions around things like programming languages, instrumentation and metrics, logging, and control systems surrounding traffic and load management.
I think the author read this as more of a problem than a solution. This concept is supported by the DevOps model too. Your infrastructure is just as much a part of your product and the teams providing the infrastructure just as responsible for the service levels and API contracts as any customer facing product team.
I think the author read this as more of a problem than a solution. This concept is supported by the DevOps model too. Your infrastructure is just as much a part of your product and the teams providing the infrastructure just as responsible for the service levels and API contracts as any customer facing product team.