RootStone Partners
Executive Engineering Advisory
Few decisions shape an engineering organization's cost structure more than build versus buy, and few are made with less rigor. The default answer, for good reasons, has long been "buy." But the reasoning behind that default is worth underst...
Continue readingEvery technology decision is a bet on how fast your business will be able to move in a year. Most of these decisions are made for engineering reasons, such as what is interesting or new, and their business consequences only become visible l...
Continue readingOne of the most expensive habits in software rarely looks expensive at the time. An engineer decides the standard, well-supported way of doing something is not clever enough and builds a custom solution instead. It feels like craftsmanship....
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