Startups And Code by John Mann

Startups And Code by John Mann

The Power of Subtraction

Your competitive advantage is knowing what not to do

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John Mann
Nov 01, 2025
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I’ve been building software for over 30 years. I’ve written code in more languages than I care to remember, deployed to every major cloud platform, and worked with teams ranging from solo startups to enterprise organizations with thousands of developers.

And you know what I’ve learned?

Most of what we do doesn’t matter.

Not in a nihilistic way. I mean that…

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