Langley: Unlike software, every major decision in hardware is an irreversible one-way door
Garrett Langley · Garrett Langley of Flock Safety on building technology to solve crime · Mar 5, 2026 · at 1:13:24
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley contrasts the Silicon Valley 'two-way door' mindset of software development with the capital-intensive reality of hardware engineering.
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“Every decision you make in hardware is millions of dollars at a minimal, and often tens of millions of dollars. And so when you grow up in this Silicon Valley mindset of, like, everything's a two-way door. Bullshit. Hardware, everything's a one-way door.”
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