Practical thinking on MVPs, software costs, and how to scope a project brief so it actually gets built.
I gave a chatbot one sentence and got back a polished, professional specification in thirty seconds. Restrained, sensible, authoritative — which is exactly what makes its failures dangerous. They're not the obvious over-engineering everyone warns about. They're quiet. You notice them when you get the bill, or when the core feature turns out to be impossible.
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A friend showed me a quote for a data management app: €20k, 17 weeks. He expected me to say it was too expensive. I told him it was too cheap. A suspiciously low number can be a bigger warning sign than a high one — it usually means the risk hasn't been priced in, just deferred to you. Here's the honest version, with real numbers.
