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I worked with the author for maybe 3 years, I thought he was pretty awesome.

Not surprised he implemented a partial implementation of excel so quickly.

I'm disappointed in myself that I somehow got through most of the article without realizing who the author was (thanks Firefox reader mode); especially since the naming of Wesley and Crusher is too good. Of course it was Basta! Of course it was!

In a startup, you either build, ship and you survive another day, or, you die.

If I were hiring for an early stage startup, I know exactly which of you two I would want to hire.

what would you have done instead?