Alternate pov: hardware lacks the kind of off-the-shelf tooling that software has developed, so engineers/founders feel like they have to develop a lot of non-c

Alternate pov: hardware lacks the kind of off-the-shelf tooling that software has developed, so engineers/founders feel like they have to develop a lot of non-critical things in-house. I'd argue most startups would be better off ruthlessly prioritising requirements and using poorer, off-the-shelf components, and building their advantage at the software-hardware intersection