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Build, buy, or fix: the decision guide
A one-page field guide to naming which of the three answers you're in, before you spend a dollar.
Most technology decisions collapse into one of three answers. Build, buy, or fix. Naming which one you are in is half the work.
Buy. If the capability exists in the market and someone else maintains it better than you ever will, stop designing it.
Build. If the thing you need has never existed and the value is in it being yours, commit fully.
Fix. If you already have the thing and it just does not hold up, no new system will save you until you repair it.
The cost of the wrong answer is rarely just money. It is the year. Name the answer first.
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