I agree with the premise, but would rephrase it as “know what you’re going to need, when you’re going to need it, and have a rough idea what it’ll take yo get t

I agree with the premise, but would rephrase it as “know what you’re going to need, when you’re going to need it, and have a rough idea what it’ll take yo get there”. And as the article implies, not just systems but also your processes. I recently saw a moderately big startup strangling themselves on processes that they won’t need for several more years. Mid level leadership (in itself a problem) agonized over scale, and didn’t realize that the products were being built at a snails pace and money was being burned with abandon. Late 2022 was a harsh wake up call.