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Re:Bun v0.5.7 by wpietri on Friday February 24, 2023 @07:52PM (#34932486)
Eh. If you talk with second-time founders, a really common theme is how inefficient in retrospect the work-all-the-time phase was and how they want to do it differently.

I don't have a lot of data on current <10 person startups, so maybe it's all different now. But the times I was working 80-100 hour weeks were just not time well spent. It was not, "How can I deliver the most in the time I have?" It was "OMG pressure makes me so anxious I'm going to work all the time to avoid thinking about the stakes." It was more drama than effectiveness.

And people have been saying so for a long time. E.g.: https://lostgarden.home.blog/2008/09/28/rules-of-productivit...

Re:Bun v0.5.7 by agrippanux on Friday February 24, 2023 @08:10PM (#34932648)
Also frequently a good chunk of that 80-100 is watching YouTube or cruising Reddit and convincing yourself you were putting in real hours.
Re:Bun v0.5.7 by jamil7 on Saturday February 25, 2023 @04:42AM (#34935308)
That or the leadership is inexperienced and get the team locked in a build trap.
Re:Bun v0.5.7 by hinkley on Friday February 24, 2023 @11:33PM (#34933935)
Half of my best ideas happen outside of work. If I spend 70% of my waking hours at work we’re gonna have a bad time.