I have done both. Any agency worth their weight will provide you ownership of the app and IP. As long as your not using some closed source integration which the agency has developed.
Building out a team provides it own set of challenges as you need to find the right people, provide guidance on how the application should be designed/architected.
Drop me a line at cameron [at] bitformations.ca and we can chat we do app development.
Depending on the hiring manager having outside commitments might be a deal breaker. I would rather be upfront than hide it.
I love seeing our candidates having outside projects/etc but we make sure that there is a clear delineation between what our company offers vs what is done by the employee.
Congratulations on shipping! What does this provide other than datadog or alternatives? Also I went through the first page and did not see anything about pricing.
I'm like the idea but the site does not let me know how it works after I die? How does the other person gets access to the vault?