Irrelevant, since he's correct. I've actually known an ex-Zomato employee who's said the same thing, this is the first time I've heard strangers mention it though.
Upvotes do not determine if information is true or not, and there's plenty of people out there who aren't the least bit concerned with whether or not HN upvotes them.
Tangentially, I don't think outsourcing is really that big of a deal. LOTS of companies do it, and it's easy to get bitten by it, but it's also easy to check over what they bring back, as well. I'm not trying to make a case for excusing this incident, as they could have very easily dedicated some dev time to quality check the code (if it's the code that they outsourced in the first place, which we don't know for sure or not) so there's really no excuse for it. People in the states outsource to india, people in india outsource to africa or south america, people in africa probably have some place they outsource to, maybe china or something. It's an economical oddity, not a moral dilemma, imo.
Upvotes do not determine if information is true or not, and there's plenty of people out there who aren't the least bit concerned with whether or not HN upvotes them.
Tangentially, I don't think outsourcing is really that big of a deal. LOTS of companies do it, and it's easy to get bitten by it, but it's also easy to check over what they bring back, as well. I'm not trying to make a case for excusing this incident, as they could have very easily dedicated some dev time to quality check the code (if it's the code that they outsourced in the first place, which we don't know for sure or not) so there's really no excuse for it. People in the states outsource to india, people in india outsource to africa or south america, people in africa probably have some place they outsource to, maybe china or something. It's an economical oddity, not a moral dilemma, imo.