https://leegold.com/tags/mvp/ Recent content in MVP on Lee Goldsworthy Hugo en-au Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://leegold.com/posts/vibe-coding-proof-of-concept-prototype-then-hire-an-engineer/ Mon, 12 May 2025 18:00:00 +0800 https://leegold.com/posts/vibe-coding-proof-of-concept-prototype-then-hire-an-engineer/ Original post on X So which is it? “The next generation of billion-dollar software companies will be built by Vibe Coders”, or “Vibe Coding is only good for producing billions of security flaws”. X and Linkedin are riddled with both takes, and neither are terribly useful imho. Both have elements of truth, but while I think Danial’s take of “Be careful which Vibe Coder you trust” is more nuanced, it still doesn’t tell the story for me. https://leegold.com/posts/the-20k-a-month-aws-bill-with-no-revenue/ Tue, 30 Jul 2024 18:00:00 +0800 https://leegold.com/posts/the-20k-a-month-aws-bill-with-no-revenue/ “I had $20k/month in AWS bills and no revenue” Do product engineering types have a responsibility to first time founders that goes beyond build and deploy, or is this a case of “It’s everyone’s right to set their own money on fire?” I’m reflecting on how this year I’ve now seen seven examples of how entities within the Australian tech industry have happily taken significant sums (think $250k) from founders to build lavish MVPs, without feeling beholden to take even basic steps to check if the founder is ready to be building an MVP, like have they: https://leegold.com/posts/before-you-start-your-mvp/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 18:00:00 +0800 https://leegold.com/posts/before-you-start-your-mvp/ The Dream Link to heading You’ve worked in the field for 10 or 20 years, you’ve lived the problem first-hand, you’ve got this idea for a product. You know you won’t be a millionaire overnight, but your early revenues from the product will guide what features you build next. You just need to find “someone who knows tech”, and you’re ready to start building… …is a fantasy we tell ourselves as founders.