Remote teams can be responsible for both implementation and documentation. I’m not saying that’s what happened here necessarily, but I’ve seen this pattern rep

Remote teams can be responsible for both implementation and documentation. I’m not saying that’s what happened here necessarily, but I’ve seen this pattern repeated before (less egregiously). Founders can only do so much and most people are completely ignorant of the value of a good API, so it’s not hard for an executive team to say, “make it like that other one,” instead of staffing out the proper team.