> > Our product development was almost stalled for months on end. > Then you're doing something wrong. Easier said than done. I reached a point where I finall

> > Our product development was almost stalled for months on end. > Then you're doing something wrong. Easier said than done. I reached a point where I finally realized how deep in technical debt my startup was. Actually, that's not true. At some point I realized "OMG, I've got three months of work to do just to stop stuff from breaking every day". I was wrong. It was literally 12 months. I'm now at the end of that 12 month slog. I will never let stuff get as bad as it got then, so this was a wonderful learning experience. ...but to say that, based on where I was, it was the WRONG decision to put out the house fire before building more additions on the building is to speak without the detailed knowledge that someone in the situation brings to the problem.