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by Gaessaki 1388 days ago
This begets the question, why present a backend demo to a non-technical audience?

Almost every time I’ve done this, the tech part was glossed over as the audience assumed I was presenting in good faith. Usually, the business needs garner a lot more discussion time.

If you’re doing some sort of sales or fundraising pitch, isn’t it worth mocking up a minimal UI?

Reminds me of an old Joel Spolsky post: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/02/13/the-iceberg-secret...