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BasGroot
Whatasillyarticle.Itfocussesonthesmallestcostbitofthewholestory.
Buildingthefirst0.9sketchoftheproductisamatterofdays,maybe
weeksthat'snotwhatit'sabout.It'saboutthe2.0,3.0and4.0versionsof
yourstartup.
Itcostshundredsofmillions,evenbillions,andmanyyearsofsteep
learning,tobuildsoftware,structureandinfrascalableenoughtoservethe
worldpopulationandstillfunctionproperly.That'swherealltheinvestment
moneygoes:failwhaleprevention.CompanieslikeGoogle,Amazonand
Facebookhadtoinventradicallynewfundamentalsfasttogetitright,just
daysawayfromcollapsingundertheirownsuccess.Investorshaveno
choice:onceagaindrawtheirwalletorloseall.
Theypumpinsomuchmoney,thatit'sneverevenearnedback.Investor's
solution:Thismountainofdebtisjustchoppedupandpushedthroughto
thesuckersbelieversworldwideviaanIPO,afterwhichtheycallita
profitablecompany.Inrealitytheycovertheirmoneyhemorrhageof
keepalivecostwithadbannersandcallitasustainablebusinessmodel.
Whydon'tanyoneeverwritethatstory?
Renaud
This,exactly.
JeffBrown
Nailedit.
Renaud
I'maformerFacebookinfrastructureengineer.Thissillyarticleiswhatyou
getwhenyouinterviewprimarilydesignstudios,whobyfocusingonlyon
theirpartofthejobcansomehowmanagetocomeupwiththehilarious
notionthat"AngryBirds"is45timesmoreexpensivetobuildas
Facebook."Ohyeah,therearewaymoregraphicsyouknow...":)
GoaheadandbuildTwitterlikefunctionalityin10hoursandserveitfrom
yourlaptop.Sureitwillsortalookthesameonthesurface...anditwillalso
gloriouslysupport100simultaneoususersbeforegoingdown.
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