Why 90% of Startups Fail at Technology (And How to Be the 10%)

## The Speed Trap

Startups prioritize speed-to-market. Correct. But speed without technical foundation is building castles in the sand.

## The 5 Fatal Technical Errors

### 1. Choosing the Wrong Stack
- MVP with too much enterprise technology
- Or technology that doesn't scale
-**Solution**: Modern and pragmatic stack (Next. js, PostgreSQL)

### 2. Not Thinking About Scale
- Works with 100 users, crashes with 10,000
- Database without indexes
- **Solution**: Architecture designed for 100x current size

### 3. Spaghetti Code
- Rush creates technical debt
- Refactoring later costs 10x more
- **Solution**: Clean code from day 1

### 4. No Monitoring
- Don't know when it crashes
- Don't know why it's slow
- **Solution**: Observability from the MVP

### 5. Depending on One Dev
- The key-man dev leaves
- Code without documentation
- **Solution**: Basic processes and documentation

## What the 10% Do Differently

- ✅ Invest in architecture before features
- ✅ Hire seniors for critical decisions
- ✅ Do code review
- ✅ Automate deployment
- ✅ Test before launching

**Technology is the startup's engine. Bad engine = car that doesn't run.**