[rrrhys]

Yes, the article is exclusively about the trade-offs when building bleeding-edge products, like how impossibly hard it is to sell in to customers who have no idea what the product is or why it exists.

All of the comments for some reason are about not using latest-nosql-db-from-producthunt in prod.

[sgtnoodle]

I think the latter topic is generally more fun to commiserate about than the former. I have empathy for anyone that ernestly tries something ambitious and fails, and I'm glad the author found insight from the experience. Reading the article though, it sounds like the startup didn't really have a clear direction or momentum, tried to fix it by pivot ing to something technically "cool" without any business plan or realistic customer stories in mind, and then ultimately failed to create a sustainable business from that technology. A good lesson to learn from others rather than first hand, but not great subject matter to light heartedly banter about!