andy grove (of intel fame) has written quite a bit about the dangers of over-outsourcing over the last 20 years. one of his more interesting points was that run

andy grove (of intel fame) has written quite a bit about the dangers of over-outsourcing over the last 20 years. one of his more interesting points was that running a manufacturing operation made intel better at designing chips in unexpected ways. unfortunately, every link i find is either dead or behind a paywall. oof.