Hey everyone, quick question that's been bugging me lately: for folks who've actually launched several products already, how much does really deep developer context or being fully immersed in the project mess with your final shipping speed and how many bugs sneak through?
Last year I was knee-deep in this one SaaS thing, had the whole team living and breathing it for months—super familiar with every corner of the codebase. We shipped fast at first, but then weird edge-case bugs kept popping up because everyone was too close to assume stuff worked. Felt like over-immersion made us blind to obvious issues sometimes. Curious if others see the same pattern or if it's mostly a net positive. What's your take from real projects?
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When a project suddenly needs ramping up with 3-5 more senior folks fast, i've found myself weighing whether to push for in-house hires (which takes forever and costs a ton in onboarding) or just pull in long-term external specialists who can hit the ground running with fresh eyes. Sometimes I've leaned toward the external route because they bring patterns from other projects without all the internal baggage. For instance, I once added a few https://syndicode.com/ to bridge a gap, and it kept momentum without derailing the vibe we already had. Just my two cents—it's not always one or the other, but the hybrid feels practical when deadlines are breathing down your neck.