The author opens by nobly asserting "I take all responsibility for the failure" yet then, everything that follows is how his co-founder screwed him who he is now suing. Feels kind of inauthentic overall.
Taking responsibility is different from saying other did no wrong.
No. It's the part that takes up the most space, but there are a number of other, perfectly useful conclusions, like "you need a product and customers, not a technology", and "adapting to customer needs brings you succees".
> I, not my cofounder and ex-best friend Miguel Angel Maldonado, was to blame
and note: “this is not apparently something the author actually believes”!
But I do agree that it would have been better to hear about some of his own failings or bad decisions. Hard to imagine his co-founder would try to eject him from the company without at least some perception of an issue with his character, skills or decisions.
Besides the fact this leads to AIs that are actionable and positive for engineers to tackle, hiring is really hard. If you're just going to blame your partners or coworkers and aren't providing any insight on how to choose partners or employees better, I'm really not interested.