Lauren Tan says software factories are marketing and good engineering is enough
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Lauren Tan (@poteto) says companies do not need a software factory, calling the term marketing.
In a post on X, Tan argues that good software engineering, plus spending tokens in deterministic, token-efficient ways, is all that matters. The report contains no further detail on what she means by a software factory or which companies or products prompted the claim.
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