[1_1xdev1]

I used the app briefly a few months prior to their discovery. The app was riddled with bugs. Things like chats not loading (received the push notification, but in the app not visible until force quit/reload). I’m not surprised it took them so long to remediate. I would guess a shoestring contractor dev team.

[xenospn]

This is what happens when both founders are not technical. I use the app and it was obvious from day one it’s been designed and implemented by the lowest bidder.

[yosito]

Not necessarily the lowest bidder. It's quite easy for a consulting company that is bad at development to make a convincing pitch to a nontechnical founder as long as they're better at sales than they are at development.

[RHSman2]

Replace ‘founder’ with organization

[nailer]

The founder used attend node.js events in London. Not sure why you think he’s non technical.

[xenospn]

Because a technical person would immediately find all of the glaring flaws and issues with their app and fix it promptly. Unless they’re incompetent. Which might be worse than non-technical.

[_wbrb]

Attending node.js events does not mean you are technical. A lot of people, I would say most people in my experience, go those events to connect with technical talent.