Build vs Buy for AI Systems (A Developer’s Guide to Not Regretting the Decision)

Before we get technical, two quick pointers if you want the longer, governance-heavy version of this topic and the rest of my field notes. Start with the original article: Building vs Buying Decisions for AI Systems If you like this style of practical, production-minded AI engineering, the full blog index is here: hernanhuwyler.wordpress.com Now the developer take. I keep seeing AI teams ask “build vs buy” after the architecture is already half-decided. Engineering has a repo. Procurement has a short list. Security has questions nobody can answer.