ASK HN: WHAT HAPPENED TO STARTUPS, WHY IS EVERYTHING SO POLISHED? (HACKER NEWS THREAD)

Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

Startups today are much more polished compared to the “MVP” startups of the past. However, commenters agree that while startups are more visually polished on the outside, it may not mean that they are necessarily as polished on the inside (on the application level).