Do You Choose Speed Or Security?
A story about indie hacking, shipping fast and security
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4 min readOct 27, 2024
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In The Matrix (1999), Morpheus offers Neo two pills — red for reality and blue for going back to the simulation. For movie watchers, the choice is probably easy — obviously red (maybe not?).
But what if it’s your life and you are a business owner — a software business, to be more specific. You are confronted with a choice — speed or security?If you choose speed, you can launch faster and capture the market. You get to be ahead of the competition and be a leader. On the flip side, you can get attacked by hackers and lose your money and customers.If you choose security, you get credibility and the chance to grow faster as your business becomes larger. You also get to keep your transactions, revenue and project safe. On the flip side, your initial growth might be slow; even slower than you can tolerate and your project might never make the money you dreamt about.
