What software engineers can learn from the rapid collapse of Fast

Re:What software engineers can learn from the rapid collapse... by xen0 on Thursday April 07, 2022 @04:23PM (#30949910)

I wonder, how many engineers had full time jobs just developing and maintaining the various integrations with all their small clients?

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Re:What software engineers can learn from the rapid collapse... by mywittyname on Thursday April 07, 2022 @05:09PM (#30950362)

I have to imagine they were all stepping on each other and/or reinventing slightly different shaped wheels too.

My experience has been that companies who will customize integrations for you have poorly designed products. By that, I mean, when we ask for a feature, and they bring on an engineer who does some requirements gathering then comes back with some invisible solution. That's a major redflag.

The success of an integration, in my experience, is directly proportional to the amount of the work I'm able to handle as a client.

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Re:What software engineers can learn from the rapid collapse... by vimwizard on Thursday April 07, 2022 @06:13PM (#30950957)

>My experience has been that companies who will customize integrations for you have poorly designed products. By that, I mean, when we ask for a feature, and they bring on an engineer who does some requirements gathering then comes back with some invisible solution. That's a major redflag.

I'm feeling a bit called out right now (not an owner but that's my experience, too)

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