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The most important product decision is what you don't build

161 points · 54 comments · ChrisArchitect

  1. Pxtl · · focus · HN ↗
    I feel this in my bones. I've literally had to fix outages in products where the failure was a "document store" or a "notification system" haphazardly slapped on by a student under direct supervision of a PM with no experienced technical leadership.

    One time it was user profile avatars that took a site down. I work in line of business software, nobody needs avatars.

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