Last updated: 2026-02-08
Weekly Signal: Build-vs-Buy Patterns This Week
Decision themes seen across this week’s tool updates and customer implementations.
Teams are adopting managed inference while self-hosting retrieval and policy enforcement.
Observability spend is rising because teams now measure business impact, not only token metrics.
Interface reliability is becoming as important as model quality in production outcomes.
Tradeoffs and constraints
- Hybrid stacks improve control but create integration burden.
Sources
- Release notes
- Customer implementation data