Technology
Architecture, platform, and technical judgment.
Which technical decisions deserve your attention, which ones you should refuse to make yet, and how to keep the system cheap to change.
core
Build, buy, or borrow
There's no default rule worth having here. Three tests decide it: is this what customers pay us for, who carries it at 3am, and what does it cost to get out.
0-5 · 5-20 · 20-50 · 50-150 · 150+
advanced
The data model is destiny
You can refactor code in an afternoon. A wrong core entity outlives three rewrites and quietly decides what your product is allowed to become.
0-5 · 5-20 · 20-50 · 50-150 · 150+
intro
Boring technology, deliberately chosen
You get a small number of innovation tokens. Spend them where your product is actually differentiated and buy the rest off the shelf.
0-5 · 5-20 · 20-50 · 50-150 · 150+