[bluefirebrand]

> Who cares if it adds technical debt later if your goal is just to have something to show off to get investments? The goal of every startup is to get funding and an exit. The concern is not long term maintainability

Not everyone works in startups, specifically to avoid this disgusting mentality

If I had to deal with this "build garbage quickly to get money and run before the house of cards collapses" mentality in my day to day life I would put my face into a wood chipper

I loathe people who think this way, and it is so miserable that all tech is becoming just a vehicle for this sort of grift

Robbing banks at gunpoint is more honest

[JustExAWS]

The article is specifically about YC companies - by definition early stage startups.