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Yeah, "Don't reinvent the wheel" is a ballsy statement for a site that poorly replicates existing work.
by mighty_bander 7y ago
Yeah, "Don't reinvent the wheel" is a ballsy statement for a site that poorly replicates existing work.
- chii 7y agoyou want to be known as the one who invented the wheel, because it looks good as a resume item. That's why the wheel keeps getting reinvented again and again, and usually quite poorly.
- mrmonkeyman 7y agoWe do have a lot of different wheels to be honest.
- JackFr 7y agoThe wheel gets reinvented because wheels are extremely useful, not because they look good on resumes. (OTOH, Greenspun's tenth rule is a different story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenspun%27s_tenth_rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenspun%27s_tenth_rule)