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# [Why I’m proud of my worst app](https://savageideas.hashnode.dev/why-im-proud-of-my-worst-app?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

10 years ago I wrote a public-facing website with a separate private web app for a small business. The technology I used was horrible, the processes I used to deploy it were completely manual, and the design was very much the UI version of hello worl...

Jul 5, 2023 · 9 min read · savageideas.hashnode.dev  
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## Written by

[Edd Savage](https://hashnode.com/@savageideas)

@savageideas · London, UK

  
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Co-founder and Head of Engineering at Gemba Advantage

An entrepreneur but still a developer at heart with a creative spirit. I have a passion for building things that solve real problems for real people. At Gemba - We improve the working lives of the people who make a difference.

## Responses 1

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[Sambhavi Dhanabalan](https://hashnode.com/@sambhavi)

[Jul 6, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/why-im-proud-of-my-worst-app/64a51354960ad5f7f82b9714/comment/64a67d1cd6052e06fc15e843)

Nice read [Edd Savage](https://hashnode.com/@savageideas) 👌👌

100% with you on the whole aspect of customers being the driver. Past me was also driven by tech, after starting my own business, there was a paradigm shift in that thought process. The first question I ask before I start building is, what exactly is the problem statement?

[Edd Savage](https://hashnode.com/@savageideas)

[Jul 9, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/why-im-proud-of-my-worst-app/64a51354960ad5f7f82b9714/comment/64a67d1cd6052e06fc15e843#reply-64aa81a6395b682e51ab6edf)

Couldn’t agree more Sambhavi. It took me many years to realise this.