Case Study: Instagram vs. Robinhood

Trying to nail down what good code looks like is equivalent to trying to staple jello to a wall. Almost every software engineer looks up to FAANG and FAANG-adjacent companies, and that's what this lesson will cover in-depth with an example. This lesson will teach you:

• The engineering philosophy behind Instagram's Android codebase, its unique attributes, and its priorities
• The engineering philosophy behind Robinhood's Android codebase, its unique attributes, and its priorities
• Why taking Instagram Android code and pasting it into Robinhood would have been terrible despite it being industry-leading in its own context (and vice-versa)