Pre-Product-Market Fit (0–10 engineers)

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[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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