Arukh HaShulchan Yomi

Arukh HaShulchan, Orach Chaim 338:15-339:8 · Startup voice, On-ramp

September 8, 2026

Hook

You’ve seen it: the "feature creep" that kills your product-market fit. Your engineers are building tools that users technically asked for, but which fundamentally alter the nature of your business. You’re supposed to be a B2B SaaS platform, but your sales team is selling custom implementation services, and your devs are building one-off integrations that are effectively "musical instruments" for a performance, not a scalable solution.

The Arukh HaShulchan hits the nail on the head: when the "masses" demand a change—a feature, a pivot, a stylistic tweak—that compromises the integrity of your core mission, you face a crisis of authority. Do you fight the market to preserve your vision, or do you rationalize the breach to keep the peace?