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How I'm fighting software bloat at FM Dashboard.

Software bloat turns good software into a mess and makes developers hate their jobs. This is what we are doing about it.

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Scott Reyes
May 07, 2024
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I started FM Dashboard because I wanted to be the antidote to bloated, complicated, maintenance software. I was intoxicated with 37 Signals and The Lean Startup philosophies. It started small and simple. We asked our customers what they wanted, and only built those things.

We built a reputation for being the helpful software company that doesn’t tell it…

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