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Act 4, scene 16: Four recommendations

The explainer video for the paper SaaS architecture when code is cheap
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Scene 16: Four recommendations

For a brownfield product, the paper makes four recommendations. Do not staff a screen-by-screen interface programme now, because if the grammar route works, that work will not carry over; fix only the screens that are losing deals. Put the effort into the grammar and the compiler, which are the durable assets. Take onboarding first, because it touches no product code and its value shows in cycle time on the process that gates revenue. Treat any planned re-architecture as the place to design the lower line in.

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