alt Hacker News"That does sound like something nice to have. However, recreating Google Sheets is a substantial undertaking. First, we need to evaluate the business case for duplicating something that already exists to ensure that there is a net benefit in doing so. Second, we need to determine if the business has sufficient capital to see the project through."
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BurningFrog • yesterday at 9:59 PM
That's a good real world answer, but a terrible SWE interview answer.
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docmars • yesterday at 8:34 PM
I suspect a lot of businesses are going to make this mistake in the "SaaS is dead" era as companies try to eliminate $50k/mo subscriptions for boring business software, and they figure it's easier to burn AI tokens creating an internal solution they didn't plan on maintaining in the far future.
Funny times we're in right now.
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