# Where do \*you\* fit in terms of the philosophies of decentralized cloud labs vs. democratized in-house systems?

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**Category:** Ecosystem\
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**Created:** [April 26, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://accelerated-discovery.org/t/where-do-you-fit-in-terms-of-the-philosophies-of-decentralized-cloud-labs-vs-democratized-in-house-systems/138 "2024-04-26T16:54:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![sgbaird](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/accelerated-discovery.org/sgbaird/32/341_2.png) [@sgbaird](https://accelerated-discovery.org/u/sgbaird)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://accelerated-discovery.org/t/where-do-you-fit-in-terms-of-the-philosophies-of-decentralized-cloud-labs-vs-democratized-in-house-systems/138/1 "2024-04-26T16:54:50Z")

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For me personally, I like the idea of integrating both approaches, especially demistifying the idea of general-purpose 6DOF robotic manipulation.

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**Author:** ![stefanbringuier](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/accelerated-discovery.org/stefanbringuier/32/67_2.png) [@stefanbringuier](https://accelerated-discovery.org/u/stefanbringuier)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://accelerated-discovery.org/t/where-do-you-fit-in-terms-of-the-philosophies-of-decentralized-cloud-labs-vs-democratized-in-house-systems/138/2 "2024-05-31T18:17:54Z")

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My thinking on this is: If the lab capabilities are unique, expensive, and difficult to simplify, package, and execute knowledge transfer, a decentralized model seems ideal. An example would be a lab that uses an expensive and limited resource like atom probe tomography.

Whereas, if it’s relatively ubiquitous capabilities you find in labs across the world, then democratized in-house systems make sense, as it’s easy to instruct, package, and transfer knowledge. This is also great for training.

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**Author:** ![brandonlines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@brandonlines](https://accelerated-discovery.org/u/brandonlines)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://accelerated-discovery.org/t/where-do-you-fit-in-terms-of-the-philosophies-of-decentralized-cloud-labs-vs-democratized-in-house-systems/138/3 "2024-06-12T22:28:45Z")

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For me it should be both. There are many common equipment challenges, and integrating systems into a design workflow that everyone would benefit from this approach.