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Gaurav Misra

03/27/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

As a startup, your job is to take on technical debt, which allows you to operate faster than larger companies that typically pay off their technical debt immediately.

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How to win in the AI era: Ship weekly, embrace technical debt, ruthlessly cut scope, and more

@ Lenny's Podcast

How to win in the AI era: Ship weekly, embrace technical debt, ruthlessly cut scope, and more

03/27/25

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