Keeping The Model Economical – On Purpose

It’s easy for costs to creep into projects like this.

Extra features. Extra infrastructure. Extra layers of complexity that slowly raise the baseline of what the system needs to sustain itself. Once that happens, pressure builds — usually in the direction of monetisation shortcuts.

We wanted to avoid that path.

Keeping the model economical isn’t about cutting corners. It’s about designing something that doesn’t need to chase growth or extract value aggressively just to survive.

That means being selective about what gets built. Saying no to things that sound impressive but add long-term cost. And accepting that slower, steadier progress is often healthier than rapid expansion.

An economical model buys freedom. Freedom to make decisions based on principles, not urgency. Freedom to stay aligned with the original intent.

That trade-off felt worth making from the start.