[sktrdie]

Meh, not convinced. Sure you can craft a shitty built bike with cheap parts so to learn more quickly about how the bike fails, and sure you can probably make some money selling these shitty bikes.

But I’m in it for the craft. I want to build and sell super high quality bicycles that ride and look beautiful and will ride for a lifetime.

And for that, every little detail of the bike has to be crafted in a high quality manner.

[maccard]

In your analogy, what about the parts of the work that aren't building the bike, like the printer you use for shipping labels.

Sure you could buy a $1500 xerox, but you could also buy a $99 laserjet. Across the N items you buy, a handful will fail or need replacement. they're the things you buy quality versions of.