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Even if they are currently eating out, seven days a week, that was a decision to focus entirely on the product without any distractions. https://medium.com/uns
by sudhirj 7y ago
Even if they are currently eating out, seven days a week, that was a decision to focus entirely on the product without any distractions.
https://medium.com/unsplash/scaling-unsplash-with-a-small-team-fbdd55571906 https://medium.com/unsplash/scaling-unsplash-with-a-small-te...
It's absolutely nothing for them to be ashamed of. We can all disagree with the decision and say that we wouldn't do the same, but we shouldn't call it a bad of shameful decision.
- oliwarner 7y agoI don't understand your stance in the context of HN. We're here to make money, celebrate people who can make money from the things they build, the services they provide... And most importantly to learn from it when it goes right and learn from the mistakes when it doesn't. Unsplash is eating out seven days a week. But they don't have anything to show for it. They're burning through cash. The product is basic. There's no magic, nothing clever. It just is. They're saying everything is great! I think it's a shambles; simultaneously mediocre at both making money and being an excellent example of engineering. Why is anybody here celebrating or defending this result? I maintain what I said. Unsplash should be ashamed. They shouldn't trot out numbers like this label them a success. It's a record of successive failures.