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It seems like you're solving quite a complex problem! I'm curious how long it took you to build this initial product given the complexity. YC has a bias for s
by ZephyrBlu 6y ago
It seems like you're solving quite a complex problem!
I'm curious how long it took you to build this initial product given the complexity.
YC has a bias for shipping quickly, but my gut instinct is that it would have taken you a while to build this initial version.
Did it only take a few months, or closer to 8-12+?
- dsies 6y agoHa, great observation! Yes and no :) We've been exceptionally lucky to have several of our close friends help us out with building an MVP (also helps that our friends have serious experience!). There's a total of 6 of us - 3 people focusing on infra, frontend and Java connector bits, which allowed myself, Ustin and another dev to put 100% of our attention on backend services + arch. That enabled us to knock this out in a few months. Without the assist, it would probably be closer to your estimate. Something that may be of interest to some folks: we saved a significant amount of time by not having to run our own k8s - we use EKS, it's very nice. Also, MSK - not having to run/manage ZK clusters and kafka nodes is a (costly) privilege haha
- ZephyrBlu 6y agoNice, I'm jealous of the extra help you're getting haha (I'm trying to build something solo). It sounds like you're already making a lot of progress. Good luck building out the rest of the product!