[btmills]

As an engineer, I used to think the same. From vicarious experience, I’ve learned that software execution is far down the list of reasons startups don’t work. The wrong market, the wrong approach to the market, or the wrong team approaching the market are all far more likely and harder to change. By comparison, a tech stack that won’t scale is much easier to fix on the fly.

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