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> All I'm saying is you can build a pretty successful business even with a bad engineering team. I liked your comment. I would say "bad engineering". Look at
by _the_inflator 7y ago
> All I'm saying is you can build a pretty successful business even with a bad engineering team.
I liked your comment.
I would say "bad engineering". Look at all the banking stuff (disclosure: finance/banking lead) and you will immediately recognize this as a reality.
Why? Because there are no KPIs that relate to speed, sustainability, maintenance. There is a distinction between input, output and outcome.
Also a lot of architecture is done using power point. Drawing a line in PP is easy, connecting the services in reality is often times anything else than trivial.
- GordonS 7y ago> Also a lot of architecture is done using power point. Drawing a line in PP is easy, connecting the services in reality is often times anything else than trivial From a lot of the "startup stories" I read on HN, I rather gather that often there simply isn't an architectural vision, PowerPoint or otherwise.