I think the critic has the benefit of hindsight which may translate to 1000s or hours saved in DEV. E.g. Copying Uber verbatim versus all the experimentation to

I think the critic has the benefit of hindsight which may translate to 1000s or hours saved in DEV. E.g. Copying Uber verbatim versus all the experimentation to get there. Hence it's not uncommon to see clones of things (e.g. Dropbox, slack, etc) developed at fractional cost. Your junior may be onto something , get shares in his. Ew startup quick !