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Ship a feature every week, embrace technical debt, ruthlessly cut scope
Gaurav Misra · Lenny's Podcast (YouTube) Free Intermediate
A founder describes running a startup on weekly shipping while deliberately taking on debt, and names the exact tripwire you care about. He talks about a technical debt runway: debt is fine until maintenance eats most of your time, at which point you have run out. The scope cutting method (cut until one more cut breaks the product) is directly usable.
- Taking on debt is how a small team outpaces bigger ones
- You have run out of runway when upkeep eats most of your time
- Cut scope hard instead of lowering quality to hit a date
