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If you over-engineer today and then fail tomorrow you'll lose a lot more out of pocket. If you build an MVP and then fail you'll lose a lot less. In the over-en
by aleem 12y ago
If you over-engineer today and then fail tomorrow you'll lose a lot more out of pocket. If you build an MVP and then fail you'll lose a lot less. In the over-engineering scenario you will essentially have "overpaid upfront" when you do fail. The amount overpaid is relative to what you could have paid.
- wwweston 12y agoThis strikes me as being a different problem that needs a different metaphor -- overbuying up front rather than overpaying. Or, as people sometimes say, scope creep.