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Cannonball2134··on What nearly broke you in your first year as CTO?
Agreed. Sometimes you take the risk because the upside is existential.

The key is doing it deliberately. Know what you are trading off, isolate the risk, and avoid baking shortcuts into the core system.

Win the customer if you must, but do it in a way that lets you recover fast rather than paying for it for the next year.