<p>These days early-stage founders assume they need to build their own technology. It's the default. Hiring a CTO seems to be the first thing people do. </p><p>But what does that assumption actually cost: in money, in flexibility, in the attention you pull away from the mission you set out to solve?</p><br><p>In this episode, I sit down with Rob, our Tech Lead (or CTO) at Library of Things, for something of a public "retro". We trace our journey from Excel spreadsheets and asset management software through to our reluctant decision to build our own platform, and then our own custom lockers. </p><br><p>We get into the open source question (it sounds like a no-brainer; it isn't), how human-centred means creating the right kind of friction, and what it means to design technology around behaviour change rather than transactions.</p><br><p>If you're wondering whether to build, buy, or borrow your tech, this is for you.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>