Spent 30 years around systems, and the failure mode I see most in technical founders isn't sloppiness β it's over-building infra for a scale they don't have yet. π οΈ
5 things we build way too early π
βΈοΈ Kubernetes for 12 users
π§© Microservices before product-market fit
π₯οΈ Self-hosting at pre-revenue
π¨ A message queue with no traffic
β‘ A cache you never measured
None of them kills you at $0β$5K MRR. The wasted months do. β³ You don't run out of architecture β you run out of time. π
π€ Which of the 5 are you most guilty of right now? Drop it below β I'm curious which is the most common.