At the same time, "build vs buy" isn't always as straightforward as it sounds. You can easily end up doing a lot more work to integrate a bought component/servi

At the same time, "build vs buy" isn't always as straightforward as it sounds. You can easily end up doing a lot more work to integrate a bought component/service into your app and customize its functionality to do exactly what you want vs just building a much simpler version. I've seen companies blow many hundreds of engineer hours and thousands of lines of code on integrating with some SaaS, dealing with API changes that were out of their control, that could've just been a hundred lines of code written in an afternoon for a simpler version that handled everything they would need for years to come. You have to actually consider the tradeoffs and what you're getting for your money.