engage rationally with build vs buy decisions accept that there are compatibility boundaries such that it is sometimes quicker to create a new X than locate it

engage rationally with build vs buy decisions accept that there are compatibility boundaries such that it is sometimes quicker to create a new X than locate it on the market, or that X is too expensive and it's time to pursue vertical integration but teams who can't do build vs buy properly are kind of doomed, sentenced to endless cycles of Not Invented Here syndrome which block other work. if you're in a meeting and someone says 'we can't launch our website until we develop a platform-native way to host websites' you're in the wrong part of the curve