Build - Don't Buy
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Lots of pixels have been spilled recently on whether you should build your own stuff, or buy stuff and then configure it. Wardley Mapping (which I still don't understand) seems to say that you should buy commodity items and only build where you can add unique value. And I think I agree with that. For work though, not for personal stuff. There are two reasons why you should build your own stuff. These aren't good reasons, and they're full of exceptions, but I think it's a useful template. …
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