The Growth Project

Pilot to Production

Custom Dev Tooling: From Out of Reach to Non-Negotiable

Hosted by Sam & Maya · · 7:15

About this episode

Bespoke internal tools used to cost a team-quarter. Now they cost an afternoon, so not building your own rails is the expensive choice. The new math.

Sam and Maya unpack Custom Dev Tooling: From Out of Reach to Non-Negotiable from the field notes, the argument, the numbers, and the practical moves, in a short, sharp conversation.

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Chapters

  1. 0:03 The rule that quietly costs you money
  2. 0:31 The friction tax you never see
  3. 2:20 What actually changed
  4. 3:46 Chisels, not platforms, and the catch
  5. 5:33 What to do Monday
  6. 6:37 The line moved