Ben Balter • 2/27/2013

The store that sells only one thing.

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The article critiques the common practice in tech consulting of being a 'one-solution shop' (e.g., Drupal, WordPress, Rails). It argues clients have problems, not predefined solutions, and true experts should be versatile problem-solvers, not just specialists in a single technology, to avoid self-imposed vendor lock-in and provide the best outcomes.

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