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by manv1 1142 days ago
That's true, but that's sort of suboptimal.

I mean ideally you would want someone on your team who understands how the technology behind your product actually works and how to use it efficiently.

"We built this awesome tower. The foundation? It's great so far, I guess. But we really are tower builders, not foundation builders." - The team behind the Leaning Tower of Pisa

The Leaning Tower stands today, so obviously they built their tower really well. But the problems with the foundation takes away from it somewhat.