The 90/10 Rule for AI Agents: What to Vibe Code, and What To Just Buy

18 Feb 2026 · 58 min
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Jason Lemkin and Emilia explain the 90/10 rule for AI agents: buy off-the-shelf solutions for 90% of your needs, build custom only for the remaining 10%. They built two internal tools using Claude and Cowork, valuing engineer time at $1k-$2k per hour to decide what's worth building versus buying.

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