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Re:Bleeding-edge tech will kill your startup by imposterr on Thursday September 24, 2020 @12:00AM (#24575112)
>Though even in the latter scenario, it's still prudent to narrow the scope of your bleeding-edge tech as much as possible (e.g. if you're doing a cryptocurrency app, you probably shouldn't be trying to make your own NoSQL database at the same time).

Nonsense, the database is the back up plan so you can pivot to a DB company if your main thing doesn't work out.

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Re:Bleeding-edge tech will kill your startup by meowface on Thursday September 24, 2020 @12:37AM (#24575293)
Or pivot to "we're a blockchain-based database". And when that fails, "we're a blockchain stored in a database". After that, you'll have to get creative with the neologisms: "we're the first ever datachain backed by a Baseblock".
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Re:Bleeding-edge tech will kill your startup by einpoklum on Thursday September 24, 2020 @05:04AM (#24576711)
Hasn't the blockchain hype subsided a little by now?
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Re:Bleeding-edge tech will kill your startup by anaganisk on Thursday September 24, 2020 @05:53AM (#24576976)
Atleast in India its gone completely, Here they started with a blockchain( just a database stored on a central government servers) for everything. After crytpo currency got banned here and now i don't even hear blockchain anymore. People can't even differentiate between blockchain and Bitcoin lol.
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Re:Bleeding-edge tech will kill your startup by exdsq on Thursday September 24, 2020 @08:39AM (#24578013)
Thankfully yes. I work in the space and we're starting to see projects/products roll out, without the high number of scams we saw in 2017/18. Hopefully by the next time the hype-train starts there's something there to be hyped about!
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Re:Bleeding-edge tech will kill your startup by throwawaynothx on Thursday September 24, 2020 @01:33AM (#24575553)
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Re:Bleeding-edge tech will kill your startup by quickthrower2 on Thursday September 24, 2020 @07:48AM (#24577650)
Make your own pencil factory for the stationary cabinet too, as a backup plan. Buy a coffee plantation to fuel your devs caffeine habit, which can be monetised if the main biz goes south.
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Re:Bleeding-edge tech will kill your startup by gaogao on Thursday September 24, 2020 @08:17AM (#24577843)
Or if you're a game studio, build a messaging platform to pivot to e.g. Slack and Discord.
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