Software Outsourcing Debate

The cluster focuses on debates about outsourcing software development work, including its effectiveness, common failures, offshoring to low-cost regions like India, and personal experiences with both successes and pitfalls.

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AtlasBarfed Jan 21, 2023 View on HN

But if your devs are outsourced...?

motyar Feb 20, 2017 View on HN

Why don't just outsource all things?

jeb Jul 2, 2010 View on HN

Outsourcing works, else it would not still exist.

raincom Oct 30, 2019 View on HN

Wow, even employees from high profile orgs are outsourcing their work!

robk Apr 5, 2020 View on HN

Surely outsourced and offshored isn't something to praise them for

Asinine opinion.If they were going to outsource, why haven’t they already?In fact, the tech industry has tried continuously to outsource and it always gets rolled back for shoddy work.What’s the secret sauce this time?

stuaxo Jun 4, 2014 View on HN

It was probably outsourced to accenture or similar who then paid the cheapest devs they could find in india.

ldjkfkdsjnv Mar 24, 2025 View on HN

dude businesses already outsource software to the lowest wages possible. they just check to see if it works, and if it does, they ship it

imaginenore Sep 17, 2015 View on HN

Why not outsource and pocket the difference?

pabs3 Mar 18, 2025 View on HN

Reminds me of this article about outsourcing:https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/how-tech-loses-out/