> You're either one of the best developers in the world I'd say this is the approach used by anyone in the top 5% (give or take). Which is probably most of HN.

> You're either one of the best developers in the world I'd say this is the approach used by anyone in the top 5% (give or take). Which is probably most of HN. You don't need to be Linus or Fabrice or DJB to know most programmers are bad at programming and realise you can do a better job. Does that mean he writes his own kernel and C compiler? No, OP writes: > I avoid using third-party libraries for anything I can write myself. Which shows awareness of his current limits, another trait of good programmers.