If a social media platform is running smoothly, but the engineers leave, why can’t a platform continue to run on autopilot?

Question

I guess this is applicable to any social media platform or other similar systems. Is it because there are always bugs to address, so it’s never really running smoothly, or other reasons?

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Answer 1

if you ever watch a giant ship sit in the harbor, it is constantly pumping out water that is seeping in. The work it takes to keep thousands of lines of code, thousands of servers around the world running is like that. It’s far from perfect and needs daily maintenance.