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by scarface74 3206 days ago
I'm a developer (officially an "architect" but I refuse to claim the title) and one thing I've learned, is that hardly any problem in the world makes you a special snowflake.

Most of the common problems that people try to solve with their own custom solutions could be better solved by some off the shelf SASS solution.

HR, Payroll, inventory, ordering, dispatching, security,

All of those problems could be better solved with a cheap off the shelf "small business solution" that would probably cost less and be more maintainable in the long run

I've been developing professionally for over 20 years and if someone offered to pay me to write a custom solution for any of it, I would direct them toward off the shelf solutions. There is no way that I could develop something as well as a company that specializes in those areas.