> It's much easier to build a brand new highway In software world, new highway is not a new thing, it is just a copy/paste. In software new thing is mostly rel

> It's much easier to build a brand new highway In software world, new highway is not a new thing, it is just a copy/paste. In software new thing is mostly relates to inventing a solution for specific use case, solution itself could be invented long ago, but using in your area could be novel. Even in construction industry, building new highway is not 100% new thing, processes, structures, materials, rules are already defined. You spend time for different type of thinking (where to build, which road to buy,...)