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>They designed and built a custom welding machine _and_ a custom x-ray machine for building tank domes in four weeks? That's feasible due to the requirements b
by dexen 7y ago
>They designed and built a custom welding machine _and_ a custom x-ray machine for building tank domes in four weeks?
That's feasible due to the requirements being narrow and specific, and also well understood by a team close to the team building those machines.
Contrast that with expensive & slow-to-build machines available on the general market, where the requirements are broad, under-specified, and always shifting.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoPerhaps it's a demonstration that the market should have more tools as composable building blocks, rather than turn-key solutions.
- dexen 7y ago>building blocks Yeah, we seem to have strayed a bit too much towards the turn-key end of the spectrum. IMO both have their rightful place on an open market. The problem with managing building from blocks is that it requires innovation for end results, and, as the saying goes, "Innovation is hard to schedule" (with apologies to Dan Fylstra).