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I think what they wanted to convey was not the redundancy of 'reinventing the wheel', but the ambitious scope and from-scratch approach associated with the phra
by pxc 4y ago
I think what they wanted to convey was not the redundancy of 'reinventing the wheel', but the ambitious scope and from-scratch approach associated with the phrase.
Maybe 'rolled their own' or 'first invented the universe' would have been slightly better.
- dexterdog 4y agoBut does doing something like that once 20 years ago mean they can do it again?
- pxc 4y agoI dunno. I was a kid when Rails took over the world, so I couldn't even begin to tell you why it succeeded in the way that it did. But I do feel like they probably know what they're doing enough to have a more modest version of success with this other project, i.e., meeting their own needs well without burning up too much money or time. They're still a really small, focused company, and they have a lot of relevant experience.