"You've probably heard it a thousand times, but the best code is the code that you don't have to write." I think this guy is a chump. Writing things yourself

"You've probably heard it a thousand times, but the best code is the code that you don't have to write." I think this guy is a chump. Writing things yourself is a luxury. If you have the time to spend on writing it yourself, you have more of a chance understand what is going on. Also some software is still written for a specific task (as in, not to be everything to everyone). If this is the case, and you have the luxury to write everything yourself you will know how your software works, AND you can optimize for a specific task, rather than being general enough to be used elsewhere. It is also my opinion that it is good to know as much as possible about what you work with. So to take on libraries just so you can skimp out makes you a tad ignorant. "Refuse to buy them more than one monitor." I have coded entire projects on an Everex Cloudbook, with a single 7" screen. If lack of dual monitors kills your productivity then you probably suck at coding. ;) "Buy cheap hardware." Again, entire projects, Cloudbook, $300. This guy is just a winy chump haha!