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How One CTO Uses In-House Tooling to Solve the Build vs Buy Trap
In this episode of Tech Leadership with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna unpack the under-discussed middle ground between building internal tools and buying off-the-shelf software. They explore how one CTO at a mid-stage SaaS company avoided the 'buy regret' cycle by investing in a lightweight internal platform for developer workflows. The conversation digs into the decision framework: when to build, when to buy, and when to adapt an open-source solution. They discuss the hidden costs of integration, the trap of vendor lock-in, and how a small investment in internal tooling can pay off in developer…
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