Build vs Buy Framework
TCO analysis, operational burden assessment, and when to use managed services vs custom solutions.
This framework is part of the full calibration library.
Staff interviews are decided on nuance — tradeoff framing, ownership boundaries, and failure anticipation. This framework covers the depth that separates Senior from Staff+.
What's inside this framework
Practice & Reference
- •Why This Matters
- •The 60-Second Version
- •What This Framework Covers
- •The Staff Mindset
- •The Framework
- •Decision Framework
- •The "Auth Context Gap"
- •Applying to Common Systems
- •L6 vs L7 Calibration
- •Interview Probes
- •Anti-Patterns
- •Staff Sentence Templates
- •Implementation Deep Dive
- •Architecture Diagram
- •Failure Scenarios
- •In the Wild
- •Practice Drill
- •Staff Interview Application