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Hard lessons2015-07-26 · Archive

Ask HN: How often does technical debt lead to the failure of a startup?

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“I personally lost what I conservatively would say was 30% of our net revenue last year letting my prior lead dev address technical debt that …”

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Ask HN: How often does technical debt lead to the failure of a startup?

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