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If you are able to define that you indeed need a new kind of wheel, it may not be a reinvention :D Most people also don't even know that the wheel exist and do

• ChrisMarshallNY 6y ago
  In my case, as in most, it depends. For example, they are absolutely correct about "reinventing" encryption algorithms...unless you are a TLA, and want to have something that no one else has (and have some good nerds on staff). It may also be good for control freaks (like Yours Truly), that deal with fairly sensitive data, and who don't feel comfortable using a well-known framework with a big presence on mitre.org. I'm really pretty good at designing frameworks and SDKs/APIs. I've been doing it for over thirty years (since before they were coined terms). Chances are good, that I'll probably be able to scare something up. I like how it's OK to write a new coding language, but "reinventing the wheel," to write a backend.