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Maybe going against the grain but I think their product philosophy is actually really interesting. They basically just buy the database. Then throw out the crap
by dbbk 2mo ago
Maybe going against the grain but I think their product philosophy is actually really interesting. They basically just buy the database. Then throw out the crappily built product, with years of tech debt and cruft, and rebuild it leanly, with a small team, low overheads, and ruthlessly optimise for efficiency, and amortise shared in-house resources across the product portfolio.
There's a strong logic to that.
- rchaud 2mo agoIn other words, the private equity sales pitch. You left out the bit about jacking up the price and milking customers for every penny until their contracts expire.
- CodesInChaos 2mo ago> Then throw out the crappily built product, with years of tech debt and cruft, and rebuild it leanly Which products have they rebuilt? I mostly hear about them selling the existing product at a higher price while reducing the size of the development team.
- dbbk 2mo agoThis is well documented. Evernote being the main example. They also rebuilt Cabinet completely from scratch.