“Write a simple TCP listener in Python to read a stream of data and then reply to it? That's crazy talk!” This has infected my company quite a bit. People get

“Write a simple TCP listener in Python to read a stream of data and then reply to it? That's crazy talk!” This has infected my company quite a bit. People get really nervous as soon as you write something that’s little novel. Writing everything from scratch is bad but you also need room for people to innovate.