
Building the Tech-Native Pest Control Platform
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Instead of selling software to resistant legacy businesses, the author is building a tech-native pest control company after experiencing the industry's inefficiencies firsthand.
Articles exploring the tradeoff between building custom solutions and buying off-the-shelf products or services, including make-vs-buy decisions in software and hardware.

Instead of selling software to resistant legacy businesses, the author is building a tech-native pest control company after experiencing the industry's inefficiencies firsthand.
The point isn’t fast access to generic solutions—it’s the power to craft precisely what you need.

AI flips the low-code ROI, making in-house, AI-assisted development faster, cheaper, and better—so this team ditched low-code entirely.

Begin with the simplest tool—usually Google Sheets—to learn the real problem, then iterate or upgrade only when needed.