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The funny part here is that in many cases it is still far easier to build stuff from scratch than to glue someone else's poorly documented shit together.
by sklogic 10y ago
The funny part here is that in many cases it is still far easier to build stuff from scratch than to glue someone else's poorly documented shit together.
- sbov 10y agoYes. So many libraries are engineered to solve everyone's problems, you can spend hours, or days, figuring out if it is engineered to solve your problem. It's like searching for a needle in a haystack you aren't sure has your needle.
- geophile 10y agoEXACTLY. In a previous HN comment I ranted about this exact topic. My threshold for adapting something very general to my specific case is now much lower than it had been.