[Verse 1] Zero to ten engineers, that's our crew Building fast before the market's through Sixty percent hammering code each day Full-stack mastery shows the way Individual contributor with architect hat Design the bones while keeping features fat Speed execution beats perfection's call When customers are still behind the wall [Chorus] Pre-product-market fit, move with haste Every feature tested, nothing goes to waste Sixty build, twenty architect the frame Ten for hiring, ten strategy's game Don't over-engineer what tomorrow might need Plant the prototype, let validation feed Speed beats scale when the market's unclear Pre-product-market fit, crystal gear [Verse 2] Rapid prototyping, iterate and learn Database queries, APIs that turn Monolith structure keeps deployment clean Microservices wait behind the scene Technical architecture, plan but don't gold-plate Simple solutions that communicate Full-stack ability bridges every gap Frontend to backend, close the technical trap [Chorus] Pre-product-market fit, move with haste Every feature tested, nothing goes to waste Sixty build, twenty architect the frame Ten for hiring, ten strategy's game Don't over-engineer what tomorrow might need Plant the prototype, let validation feed Speed beats scale when the market's unclear Pre-product-market fit, crystal gear [Bridge] Danger lurks in premature scaling dreams Hiring armies before product screams Over-engineering steals velocity's crown Keep it lean until users come around Architecture matters but shipping wins Balance structure with where value begins [Outro] Primary role: builder and designer Technical vision getting ever finer Zero to ten, the foundation stage Speed and focus, turn the page
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