THE BEARPEAK BLOG

"A lot of companies become heavily married to finding out if their solution works rather than digging into whether they're actually solving the right problem," Trevor says. "Many founders interview customers hoping to validate an idea." He recommends that instead, they should be validating the existence, frequency, and importance of the problem itself. It's a subtle but critical difference.

Cheap developers rarely stay cheap. What looks like savings upfront often turns into delays, rewrites, and missed opportunities later. The real cost isn’t hourly rate — it’s momentum. If your product is slowing down (or breaking quietly), this might be why.