Somewhere along the way, 'roll my own' became troublesome *and* expensive. WTH?
This is expected. Demand leads to scale, scale leads to automation, automation leads to lower costs. At the same time, the resources available to support the individual, manual effort dry up. It's the same thing that is killing/has killed the small family farm.
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Date: 2009-08-03 08:04 pm (UTC)This is expected. Demand leads to scale, scale leads to automation, automation leads to lower costs. At the same time, the resources available to support the individual, manual effort dry up. It's the same thing that is killing/has killed the small family farm.