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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 25 Mar 2020

    One thing outsiders don't get about the tech industry is that on the whole they use the least tech they can get away with. There are definitely individuals who like to over-engineer things, but natural selection means their stuff makes up only a small part of the industry.

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      1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 25 Mar 2020

        My advice to startups, usually, is not to write any code unless the lack of that code is the main thing holding you back. This is an instance of the more general rule not to do anything unless it addresses the main thing holding you back.

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      2. Howon Song‏ @howon92 25 Mar 2020
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        Instead of coding a website from scratch, we just use Wordpress if that’s quicker

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      1. Neil Lewis‏ @Neil_Lewis 25 Mar 2020
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        Occam's Razor for the 2020s?

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      1. Pranshu_Ag  🔥 👊‏ @Pensive_Pranshu 25 Mar 2020
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        And worse yet, the released product is a lagging indicator of the ideas being worked on. And the financials are a lagging indicator of the product. What this results is in people seeing financials that look unexciting compared to ideas and "rumours" Further fuels this belief

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      2. Nassim Dehouche‏ @ndehouche 25 Mar 2020
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        Not true for @Microsoft. You can tell. I hate their products so much tbh.

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      3. Nassim Dehouche‏ @ndehouche 25 Mar 2020
        Replying to @ndehouche @paulg @Microsoft

        True story: Last week, I absolutely had to exit confinement and go to my locked-down office to print a paper in Wondows. Plan was to make it out as fast as possible. But no, @Microsoft took control of my computer for a 40 minutes update and forced me to stay there all long.

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      2. anime.radio‏ @anime_virus 25 Mar 2020
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      1. Johannes'fish'Ziemke‏ @discordianfish 25 Mar 2020
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        This is imo only true for early stage startups. Later one the same effect kicks in everywhere: You need to grow your team to be considered important and your growing team needs to create their own problems to be considered important.

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