Most teams eventually need to on board new people, though.
Besides that, building teams of generalists is far easier if it's easy to dive into new code bases. Even with small teams highly specialized on individual projects, there are lots of advantages to having people be comfortable digging into other teams' code, which is much easier if it's more discoverable.
Besides that, building teams of generalists is far easier if it's easy to dive into new code bases. Even with small teams highly specialized on individual projects, there are lots of advantages to having people be comfortable digging into other teams' code, which is much easier if it's more discoverable.