THE INEVITABLE FAILURE OF ONE-SHOT PROJECT FUNDING

Summary from the TLDR Founders newsletter

Software requires ongoing investment, but this is a feature, not a bug or mistake. Software is a depreciating intellectual asset, and companies need to recognize and budget for this. Every line of code in software needs to be supported until the last customer deletes it. One-time project-based budgets ignore this reality, which inevitably leads to financial and technical crises.