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Re:Ask HN: How bad should the code be in a startup? by nickv on Sunday June 07, 2020 @12:42PM (#23448586)
Can you name a company that failed because of a bad codebase as the number one reason?

I feel like people walk through hypotheticals like that, but I've not heard people say "Company X failed because of that scenario."

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Re:Ask HN: How bad should the code be in a startup? by sukilot on Sunday June 07, 2020 @01:50PM (#23449151)
Friendster imploded during its growth stage due to either bad code or not enough spending on servers.
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Re:Ask HN: How bad should the code be in a startup? by quantified on Sunday June 07, 2020 @05:38PM (#23451095)
+1
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