In a world where funding institutions and venture capitalists dominate the digital product development landscape, crowdfunding engages a global crowd to finance visionary ideas and address underrepresented needs. However, despite recognizing the challenges of managing crowd expectations, there is limited understanding of how developers navigate these challenges following the successful funding of their proposals. Drawing on a comparative, longitudinal, and in-depth grounded investigation, this study illuminates the prevalence of "resource adversity" within crowdfunded digital development projects. Resource adversity, characterized by scarcities of critical resources such as funding and human capital, affects crowdfunded development despite substantial support from a large crowd, potentially leading to complex outcomes. While adversity compels developers to seek additional funding and advocate for changes in various project aspects, this perspective departs from resource-centric viewpoints and emphasizes resourceful decisions to proactively establish resilience, resist precarious changes, and facilitate the release of high-quality products and post-adversity benefits. The perspective contributes to the dominant research focus on post-adversity decision-making and restoration by discussing connections across pre-adversity, adversity, and post-adversity stages. By focusing on preparedness and resourcefulness, the decision-making insights expand research on managing resource-limited development while meeting diverse stakeholder expectations. Moreover, the perspective enriches extant understanding of community-based innovation by elucidating how product improvisation, community resource engagement, and bricolage are interrelated and contribute to shaping evolving digital products. The article concludes by discussing practical implications for entrepreneurs and platform owners and by exploring avenues for future research.