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GL-E-022Sheet 022FOR REVIEWE · ENGINEERING

Template speed is borrowed time. Here is the interest.

HOLD POINT · FORK DEBT · MULTIVENDOR MARKETPLACE · MOBILE

Drawing sheet 022: Template speed is borrowed time. Here is the interest.

General notes

  1. 01We bought a marketplace template to ship in weeks. It worked. We shipped in weeks.
  2. 02Its author had forked a framework in ways upstream never merged. We now maintain a fork of a fork.
  3. 03Not a regret. A cost. Borrow speed when you must, but write the repayment schedule before you sign.
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Deep. A fork of a framework fork, maintained by us. Interest accrues monthly.

As posted

Template speed is borrowed time.

We bought a marketplace template to ship in weeks. It worked.

Its author had forked a framework in ways upstream never merged. We maintain a fork of a fork.

Not a regret. A cost. Write the repayment schedule before you sign. Sheet 022.

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