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> I worked at a startup that died due to technical debt That's interesting. I've never heard that before. My understanding is that most startups die because no
by dean 10y ago
> I worked at a startup that died due to technical debt
That's interesting. I've never heard that before. My understanding is that most startups die because no one wants what their making. No market. Did you actually have a product that was selling? How did technical debt kill the company?
- RKoutnik 10y agoLots of folks wanted what we were selling but the sales pitch didn't line up with what the software did. It was entirely technically possible but the 'technical' cofounder had saddled us with so much techdebt that we couldn't iterate fast enough to keep customers happy. Once we'd lost the attention of the early adopters, it was all over.
- CHaro 10y agoCould you go into some of the things he did that made the technical debt so bad?