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It really makes sense to use one of these clones for creating new products IF license permits it and if they are implementing a lot of required functionality. F
by apples_oranges 6y ago
It really makes sense to use one of these clones for creating new products IF license permits it and if they are implementing a lot of required functionality. For example making a website for campsites would probably be 90% finished if an Airbnb's clone's code were used.
Just as we wouldn't think to implement Quicksort 10 or 20 years ago, because we have great, optimized reusable components, this is the next logical step: Focussing on building the 10% that differentiate the product instead of reinventing the wheel.
- staz 6y ago... wait, what? I use the sort function of a standard library because it has been written by seasoned devs, reviewed, rewritten; use known algorithms and practices; and being part of a well known standard library it has a chance of still being maintained, distributed and available ten years from now on. I don't know how you can even remotely compare that to an unmaintained code dump that someone made as a learning experiment over the week. I'm not dissing on theses kinds of code release, they are great to learn from, but I would find it a bit foolish to base your whole product on it.
- apples_oranges 6y agoMy point was about the general idea of reusing what has been done before. I agree with you that there are qualitative differences, no doubt about it.
- pronoiac 6y agoThey're often (or mostly?) UI mock-ups not clones. Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26425233 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26425233