Shikhil's Take on Building Vs Buying Tools | Digital Ocean TIDE

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Shikhil Sharma, Founder & CEO, Astra Security Suite, was invited to the DO TIDE event as a speaker.

When asked to share his take on whether to “Build or Buy” (software) when running a startup.

Shikhil says, “Core of the solution is (sic) in-house, with a lot of dependency on open-source.”

He also shares how as a Founder he shifted from obsessing over building everything in house to what he calls a “card-swiping company.”

A “card-swiping company”? What is that?

Watch this video and know for yourself 🙂