Med-Tech Innovation News published an article I wrote on the "Build vs Buy" debate from the perspective of risk and design simplicity - first writing of mine out in public!

Build vs Buy in automated test stations [Archive]

This article was inspired by my desire to listen to my inner code-monkey engineer when designing a project solution. Inevitably I will need a reminder of this, so I hope future Matt will stop long enough to remember:

The most efficient, effective, and efficacious design element is "nothing"

and

...simplify, simplify, simplify