I wonder how much of that is posturing (less charitably, lying to outsiders) and how much is the organization effectively lying to itself.

Both are indictment of today's ambient startup culture, and I'm not sure which is ultimately worse.

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nickvec 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Based on DeepDelve's recent follow-up article, I would assume the former. https://deepdelver.substack.com/p/delve-fake-compliance-as-a...

	▲	redanddead 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		this is nuts

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nikanj 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Every layer of the organization tells a more rosy version of the truth up the chain of command. The programmer might tell the PM that they're running Apache software with the serials filed off, but by the time that filters up the chain to the CEO / Board, the product is "fully proprietary and 100% built in-house"