“Do things that don’t scale”. It’s the top-tier “how to do a startup” advice from the great Paul Graham himself. And, the thing is, I don’t disagree with it per se - it’s pretty decent try-and-build-a-product-company advice. But is it the right way to approach how you’re solving your startup’s technical dilemma’s too?
(Spoiler: no I don’t think that on its own it is, but let me explain why)
Incoming ranty “Amazon sucks” post: AWS made $7.17 billion in Operating Income (revenue minus operating expenses) in Q4 2023 (up from $6.98 billion in Q3). They just added $15 onto my monthly bill (about $7.50 per public IPv4 per month) because “public IPv4s are running out”… or, just maybe, it’s because they want more money?
Do you want your teams to go fast? Or do you want them to go in the right direction? Hopefully your answer is “both”, but if you had to pick one to focus on first, which would you pick?
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