At the same time, reimplementing, say the complex video codec pipelines of FFMPEG just because of NIH syndrome would be a massive waste of resources. I think ma

At the same time, reimplementing, say the complex video codec pipelines of FFMPEG just because of NIH syndrome would be a massive waste of resources. I think making use of existing solutions (open source or otherwise) when it makes sense rather than trying to implement everything from scratch is a hallmark of a good developer.