Explaining to business people why building software is still hard

manager.dev
September 22, 2026
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Explaining to business people why building software is still hard It’s 1 pm on the final day of the Hackathon, 5 hours left. For the last 2 hours, we made ZERO progress. I’m cursing the day Lovable was born. As soon as I fix one problem, another one appears, and our app is barely usable. The start was very promising. I joined 2 engineering friends and 3 recruiters to build ‘HoneyCrew’, a smart ref...
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