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it is fascinating that people think most of the code from startups is crown jewels. If you look closely 99% of code is not hard to reproduce it is just time con
by cunac 11y ago
it is fascinating that people think most of the code from startups is crown jewels. If you look closely 99% of code is not hard to reproduce it is just time consuming to write but I doubt you will find some breakthrough ideas. Sure you might find some cool/impressive thing here and there but especially at early stages nothing there except number of hours put in. I know people tend to glorify things they write but mostly it is not that stellar achievement what they did.
- Estragon 11y agoIf I was a VC assessing a firm, I would love to get a look at their git repository, and not just for due diligence. I would know where their demos are inadequate, which would be very useful for bargaining.
- bduerst 11y agoIf you're a VC serious enough to start bargaining, you're going to have done a code audit already (whether or not it's on github) to validate claims. The real value in these firms is not the code, but the employees' ability to execute on the entire business idea that their code supports.