It depends on what you are building, why, and frankly whether you have the potential to provide something both novel and useful. But, yes, I would say sometime

It depends on what you are building, why, and frankly whether you have the potential to provide something both novel and useful. But, yes, I would say sometimes it’s beneficial to not only ignore, but also to not even know how others before you have solved a similar problem. Pathways established in our minds are obstacles to invention.