Well, anecdotally, I did. I built a minimum viable product as a 'side project'. I had money to run it for a year before I needed to monetize. It worked for me. It means I use 1/10th the number of machines/bandwidth of one of my competitors.
I agree though, in your circumstance it was probably the wrong approach.
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"Lesson: If you think you should build it, not buy it, you’re wrong"
That's bad advice IMHO. There is far more value to building than buying - the amount you learn, and the extra optimization you can put in there.
If you have the luxury of being able to build it yourself, do.
I suppose to put it another way, you almost certainly do not have the luxury of being able to build it yourself.
Well, anecdotally, I did. I built a minimum viable product as a 'side project'. I had money to run it for a year before I needed to monetize. It worked for me. It means I use 1/10th the number of machines/bandwidth of one of my competitors.
I agree though, in your circumstance it was probably the wrong approach.