We will have to see what Starmer has to say about this “plan for change” but shame on Labour for not being on the front foot coming back into power.

Yep definitely a privileged position for me to hold that opinion and only valid in certain contexts.

Nice metaphor.

I think I’m over these labels altogether now.

They don’t really help with anything but ego (which links to retention I’ll admit).

Do you have any questionable bets or hypotheses?

Still, you have to outsource some stuff to IaaS/PaaS/SaaS and that is a trade off decision.

I’m just surprised with how much I’m preferring build.

Well defined boundaries at app and internal lib still paying off for fast change. Easy to lop off chunks, as much as add and replace.

Yep investment can definitely offset impact of SaaS… delaying to far off future.

But you still compromise in UX often.

And that bill is coming for you one day.

There are other bets to make like just build faster with AI and smaller teams.

Counter intuitive that development can be cheaper.

This reminds me of debates I used to have with @craigjbass.bsky.social and other old colleagues 😅

PaaS still wins over IaaS, for sure still. This mostly has downside for DX rather than UX.

When it comes to control over user experience, custom wins all day for me now.

Where open source used, must be in foundations like Nextjs or Tailwind, or in niche areas of expertise like otpauth or nanoid.

Surely not? Surely I can just download it on an existing TV?!

Reading the website they certainly make it look like you must buy a new TV. Doesn’t make sense in a world of TV apps?

So confused.

Yes I think as with most things, increasing surface area increases risks (bugs, etc)

I’ve found strong use of boundaries within an application and testing of those boundaries defends against this well enough though.

Fewer but stricter boundaries: app vs internal lib, use case vs gateways vs domain