Re:A personal story about 10× development
by mbesto on Friday July 19, 2019 @11:43AM
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> Literally every book on project management
The real world is much sloppier than any book will ever tell you.
> is about the development cost vs maintenance cost
Absolutely true.
> how the latter beats the former
If you're believing that equivocally ((I don't think you personally are btw) then I don't think you're reading the advice the book is giving you correctly.
A shitty technical solution that gets to market quicker often (not always) can make the company more money in the long run. There is no "one right answer" here, it's all about judgement. 100+ tech DD's and counting...I've seen the whole spectrum. I've seen a $40M revenue (38% EBITDA) tech company built using a FileMaker-like tech stack (all WYSIWYG). And yes, I'm serious.
The real world is much sloppier than any book will ever tell you.
> is about the development cost vs maintenance cost
Absolutely true.
> how the latter beats the former
If you're believing that equivocally ((I don't think you personally are btw) then I don't think you're reading the advice the book is giving you correctly.
A shitty technical solution that gets to market quicker often (not always) can make the company more money in the long run. There is no "one right answer" here, it's all about judgement. 100+ tech DD's and counting...I've seen the whole spectrum. I've seen a $40M revenue (38% EBITDA) tech company built using a FileMaker-like tech stack (all WYSIWYG). And yes, I'm serious.