Ex-Facebook engineering exec: AI companies' trap is letting shipping tempo decay
igarciacamargo · x · 2026-09-23
Former Microsoft/Facebook engineering exec Michael Vernal recalls shipping cycles measured in years at Microsoft (6 years for his first product) versus Facebook shipping daily — then twice a day after he joined. Facebook's early philosophy: organizations naturally slow down, so you must push faster just to hold tempo. He reflects on what this means for today's AI companies.
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