I've found:
- amazing business running on ball of mud code maintained in an insane way
- the perfect architecture, CI/CD, TDD where the business/product has little/no value for the customer
Also, I've seen the same stacks succeed and fail. The only common thing I can see is:
- when the tech team fully understand the stack they're using
- when the tech team fully understand the product and business they're building (and can make appropriate trade offs)
There are a bunch of basic tech things. E.g. the underlying infrastructure has to be performance, scale, secure etc. There's also the issue of choosing a tech you can actually recruit for.
Also, I've seen the same stacks succeed and fail. The only common thing I can see is:
- when the tech team fully understand the stack they're using - when the tech team fully understand the product and business they're building (and can make appropriate trade offs)
There are a bunch of basic tech things. E.g. the underlying infrastructure has to be performance, scale, secure etc. There's also the issue of choosing a tech you can actually recruit for.