Meta built Thread on a MONOLITH and scaled to 100M users in 5 DAYS.
This kind of CTO KILLS startups.
I've seen it happen 9 times in the last year alone.
The BRUTAL TRUTH:
Your CTO is optimizing for their RESUME.
Not your BUSINESS.
Most CTOs WON'T tell you:
1. Instagram started as a monolith.
2. Shopify started as a monolith.
3. Stripe started as a monolith.
Your startup doesn't have META's problems.
You don't have META's resources.
You have 18 months of runway.
Maybe less.
Every DAY spent on "perfect architecture" is burning cash.
With nothing to show investors.
Nothing to show customers.
KUBERNETES for an MVP is like buying a FORMULA 1 CAR to learn driving.
It's INSANE.
The GREATEST TECH STACK is the one that SHIPS.
SPEED TO MARKET beats ARCHITECTURAL PURITY.
Every time.
Your most dangerous hire isn't an inexperienced founder.
It's an experienced engineer who's forgotten what startups are for.
Is your CTO building their resume or your product?
PS: We help founder build MVP 10x faster then your CTO
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