Ask HN: What Software Projects Need Thousands of Developers?

4 points by caseymarquis 7y ago ↗ HN

I often see references on HN to projects which have 100s or 1000s of developers. I don't have personal experience with this so I'm curious: Is this necessary at some scale, or is this often a side effect of some underlying problem? Or both/neither depending on the situation?

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chad_strategic 7y ago ↗

I currently work on modified Drupal 8 / Front End solution. It has taken 4 developers and 2 years.

It should have taken 1 1/2 developers and 3 months.

Still not done.

Tax payers dollars at waste.