I think we're saying the same thing. I'm coming at it from the perspective of the irrationally frugal (a common problem I see on HN and how engineers typically

I think we're saying the same thing. I'm coming at it from the perspective of the irrationally frugal (a common problem I see on HN and how engineers typically behave even when they've found traction). You're coming it from the angle of the irrational big spenders (VC-funded stuff you hear about in the media ie. WeWork, etc.). We're both saying: be ruthlessly rational with your time and money. However, I think a bias towards spending (vs. irrational frugality) is actually much more rare than you think. Everybody knows about WeWork, but they don't hear about all the engineers who spent 6 months optimizing their AWS bill to save $500 when they hadn't even found product-market fit yet.