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by Spivak 847 days ago
Nah, they want to bring in as much money as possible, subtle difference. High complexity (tech debt) and high costs (paying for expensive managed services) in service to time-to-ship is actually great. If it turns out that the market they predicted doesn't pan out they find out faster and just shut it down chalk it up to r&d costs for the tax break, and if it's so successful it costs them an arm and a let it's "good problems to have."