Stay Sassy EM: Build internal software only if spreadsheet replaces it
Stay Sassy EM · ⚡️ The best engineers don't write the most code. They delete the most code. — Stay Sassy · Apr 13, 2026 · at 20:05
Stay Sassy EM shares a rule of thumb for engineering teams evaluating build versus buy software decisions in the age of AI coding tools.
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“I think a very good for what it's worth, heuristic for some software is if you can replace it with a Google sheet or a spreadsheet. You probably can build it internally. And there's a lot of software that actually looks like a Google sheet or a spreadsheet with a bunch of stuff on top of it.”
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