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Probably feature development slowed to a crawl over a few years. Code debt isn't actually an abstract thing, it's just hard to explain to non-coders the thousan

• a_c 2y ago
  What I meant was the founder got what he asked for. Short term gain at the expense of sustainability. It is a feature rather than a bug. For a company looking for product market fit, "good code" might take a back seat. Andy Grove mentioned that an executive job is to, paraphrased, maintain the company culture. His context was about larger established companies. But I think the point still holds. It is the founder's job to sell his vision to his employees. It is the market's job to determine whether such vision thrives.
  • chriscbr 2y ago
    This is blatant conservatism, and it's a mentality which leads to dead players. The job of an executive is to make good decisions; it's in the name: execut-ive. To decide always in the direction of the existent culture is a very peculiar bias which is only successful in certain situations.
• jsrcout 2y ago
  A friend calls it the Logjam Principle. There are always a few logs floating down the river and that's not really a problem. But a small logjam of just a few logs will grow over time until the entire river is obstructed. It's better not to let things get to that state.