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Yeah... QA teams aren't really the norm anymore. Not to mention that classical QA isn't nearly as effective when developers aren't also performing their own QA.

Small startups that focus on quickly building stuff have to decide whether to take on more technical debt in order to get something small out the door quickly, or settle on a maintainable velocity over time. Some begin at the former and move quickly to the latter once their MVP is out the door. Some never get to move because they sink under the weight.