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Re:Buy Don't Build by dvtrn on Saturday December 12, 2020 @12:54PM (#25400069)
It would seem to me there are still two choices to make, meaning it’s still a binary choice-merely with more caveats and words involved to describe the options?
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Re:Buy Don't Build by thinkharderdev on Saturday December 12, 2020 @02:49PM (#25401014)
Yeah, that was phrased somewhat awkwardly. The binary choice I was rejecting was between

1. "Buying" a solution that solves your problem exactly and doesn't require engineering resources to implement and maintain

2. "Building" a solution where you have to solve every problem from scratch where you don't have any particular expertise.

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