> Programming is not like baking cookies, you can't just copy a snippet and hope it'll work out OK. Wait, why not? Isn't the entire notion of a library or fra

> Programming is not like baking cookies, you can't just copy a snippet and hope it'll work out OK. Wait, why not? Isn't the entire notion of a library or framework literally a book of common recipes? Don't most languages ship with a standard library, common classes, or a common framework? Sure, thoughtlessly mixing mismatched patterns will get you haggis or oatmeal raisin, but that really doesn't mean the method is flawed.