Put another way, startups are trying to find a way to exploit a market niche as fast as possible. They happen to use software to do it. They’re (usually) not in the business of engineering.
I say usually because some startups are building new computers, libraries, and software infrastructure and care a lot about things that SV-style startups don’t.
Which means: this isn’t universally true advice. If I’m buying a new computing system from you I’m certainly interested in your tech stack and it will be a key feature.
But if your business is getting people to buy more things they don’t need then yeah, use a batch script and some spreadsheets if that gets you to market faster.
I say usually because some startups are building new computers, libraries, and software infrastructure and care a lot about things that SV-style startups don’t.
Which means: this isn’t universally true advice. If I’m buying a new computing system from you I’m certainly interested in your tech stack and it will be a key feature.
But if your business is getting people to buy more things they don’t need then yeah, use a batch script and some spreadsheets if that gets you to market faster.