Re:People spend over $50k-$100k building MVPs why?
by PaulHoule on Saturday October 26, 2024 @10:17AM
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Depends on the product.
I worked on a search engine for patents, for instance, where “minimum viable” meant “better than the competition” and it is not crazy for this to take 2-3 years of several FTE. Had we been smarter about it I think we could have cut the cost by 30% maybe 50% in fact I got it out the door half a year earlier because they let go of some features.
For run of the mill application work we badly need no code/low code (shocked how long it took to complete a moderately complex form app) but there is a very high bar for a product like that to clear. For instance I did an accessibility audit of the form app and found the framework we used shoved in h6 elements without using h5. If your low code tool does that and it is a hassle to fix it then it fails.
So that’s a product where the “minimal” product again is not so minimal.
I worked on a search engine for patents, for instance, where “minimum viable” meant “better than the competition” and it is not crazy for this to take 2-3 years of several FTE. Had we been smarter about it I think we could have cut the cost by 30% maybe 50% in fact I got it out the door half a year earlier because they let go of some features.
For run of the mill application work we badly need no code/low code (shocked how long it took to complete a moderately complex form app) but there is a very high bar for a product like that to clear. For instance I did an accessibility audit of the form app and found the framework we used shoved in h6 elements without using h5. If your low code tool does that and it is a hassle to fix it then it fails.
So that’s a product where the “minimal” product again is not so minimal.