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> Wouldn't a fresh look at things, essentially a "clean room" implementation offer the possibility of a novel approach to a thing or two, as opposed to making t

> Wouldn't a fresh look at things, essentially a "clean room" implementation offer the possibility of a novel approach to a thing or two, as opposed to making the same tool, just different? Yes, sometimes, but if that’s what you’re going for it’s still important that you’re solving a problem that you understand well. So maybe I would be okay with someone with limited photoshop experience making an image editor, but I hope they still have a designer/artist/etc. background.

wtetzner 4y ago
> Yes, sometimes, but if that’s what you’re going for it’s still important that you’re solving a problem that you understand well. I disagree. Writing a program can be a fantastic way to learn more about the problem. Of course, if you want the program to be good, you’ll probably end up needing to do some serious iteration/rewriting as you learn more.