I think probably a better middle ground would be "have the authority to rewrite it all from scratch". If you're the technical cofounder, you need to drive the t

I think probably a better middle ground would be "have the authority to rewrite it all from scratch". If you're the technical cofounder, you need to drive the technology, and part of the technical side is knowing and being able to throw out junk at the expense of time and money lost if needed, while your cofounder side should be carefully balancing up the value of doing so. If the offshore stuff works, great, build on it. If it doesn't rewrite it. If the architecture is good, but not the implementation, incrementally swap out what you can, as you need.