Unicorns are not built by outsourcing dev. Change my mind.

Re:Unicorns are not built by outsourcing dev. Change my mind. by alain94040 on Sunday March 14, 2021 @02:27PM (#26457519)

No need to change your mind, you are correct. I can think of one success story over the last many years where the initial development was outsourced: craigslist. Beyond that, for technology startups, development is obviously a core competency.

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Re:Unicorns are not built by outsourcing dev. Change my mind. by muzani on Sunday March 14, 2021 @10:23PM (#26461944)

Yeah, it's not an unpopular opinion. Investors often red flag software that isn't built in house. It's literally a check box in many places, and a straight question in the YC application form.

It would be harder to convince someone that you can build a unicorn by outsourcing.

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Re:Unicorns are not built by outsourcing dev. Change my mind. by dennisbalon on Sunday March 14, 2021 @03:17PM (#26457989)

But as the time goes the more I flex towards doing tiny stuff like MVP etc with outsourcing teams.

Never the less recent years have showed growth of no-code instrumenta which I would personally prefer much more over any outsourcing team if we are talking about super simple projects.

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Re:Unicorns are not built by outsourcing dev. Change my mind. by Datkiri on Sunday March 14, 2021 @04:10PM (#26458557)

Agree, no-code is great help to entrepreneurs to test their ideas. Btw, we’re doing exactly this in datrics

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Re:Unicorns are not built by outsourcing dev. Change my mind. by dennisbalon on Sunday March 21, 2021 @10:43AM (#26530808)

My dream is to find an no-code instrument for creating and managing of various dashboards. Something really simple and powerul with various messenger and other interface plugins.

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