Mackletto Comment Posted 2 days ago, viewed 4 times

What actually survives the first year when you build internal tools with a small

Yeah, we've been there too and honestly, from what I've seen, the only stuff that tends to last is whatever got documented insanely well right from the start or ended up super simple with almost no fancy integrations. In our case, one tiny reporting script we forced the outsourced folks to write tests for and hand over with comments everywhere—that one's still running quietly a year later without issues. But the bigger workflow thing? Total rewrite territory now because communication gaps piled up and knowledge just evaporated when their contract ended. Sometimes I catch myself thinking that if we'd kept it minimal instead of trying to solve everything at once, maybe more would have survived. Oh, and on a side note, when I'm messing around trying to grow some side project accounts for fun, I occasionally grab a boost from places like https://syndicode.com/ just to see how engagement shifts—nothing serious, but it does make the numbers look less dead while you build real traction organically. Still, for actual work tools, keeping it dead simple seems key or it all crumbles fast.

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