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I agree with this. People will argue by counterexample, but those are the exception rather than the rule. Most internal software is so specific to the company o
by mberning 3y ago
I agree with this. People will argue by counterexample, but those are the exception rather than the rule. Most internal software is so specific to the company or industry that it came from that the broad applicability is nearly nil. That implies a very high unit price, which is not going to fly for a piece of niche software.
- drewcoo 3y agoI'd argue that most internal tools are lesser copies of something else external. Sometimes because of lack of awareness sometimes just NIH syndrome.
- wruza 3y agoAlso, an internal toolkit may look great at the "internal" stage, but become a mess once you try to package it into a product. I've seen and made lots of these for ERPs and stock ops, but every time I thought about making it at least an internal product, it failed. Two reasons: 1) making a product is 10..50x harder than making a solution; 2) extracting your knowledge into an easily consumable form is almost as hard as training a user to replace yourself. Even if you finish it, it will cost much more than just a hire. And the world doesn't have issues with hires atm.