> "gun to the head" heuristic Never underestimate the power of hiring a new employee and training them how to do what the software would do, thereby writing ze

> "gun to the head" heuristic Never underestimate the power of hiring a new employee and training them how to do what the software would do, thereby writing zero lines of code. That $250k in initial feature development costs + maintenance might only be $75k in personnel costs a year, which is a break-even of ~4 years. Depending on the problem, that might be the best option.