I've spent 25 years building things. That probably sounds obvious for someone with "technology" in their job title, but it's worth saying because not everyone in technology actually builds anymore. Plenty of people manage. Advise. Review. Sit in meetings about what should be built.
After two decades of building SaaS platforms, I've witnessed dozens of acquisitions derailed by a single technical decision made years earlier. The choice between multi-tenant and single-tenant architecture isn't just a technical detail; it's the difference between an 8x exit multiple and being wound
How a Sunday morning disaster confirmed everything about compound interest in software Sunday morning, two weeks before Christmas. My wife toasts a teacake, the power trips. The fuse box is in the garage. The garage door is electric. There's no manual override. There's no internal door.