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Re:20 months, 2K hours, 200K € lost. A story about resilienc... by sk5t on Monday January 04, 2021 @01:29AM (#25628397)
Having a surfeit of customers clamoring to pay more money for stuff--this doesn't sound like a terrible problem to have as a startup. Sure, spend time to build a reliable core, but gold-plating everything suggests there's been time to burn.
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Re:20 months, 2K hours, 200K € lost. A story about resilienc... by ppeetteerr on Monday January 04, 2021 @12:24PM (#25634625)
Not quite what I meant. A lot of startups are trying to find market fit and selling customers on a vision that is not yet realized. They will pitch new features and say that they can deliver if there is a contract. However, these features take longer to develop then anticipated, and are rushed on top of bad tech.
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