Both Jeff Atwood[1] and Patrick Wyatt[2] have written posts pointing out that the bug is more likely to be in your code than in the platform. There are instanc

Both Jeff Atwood[1] and Patrick Wyatt[2] have written posts pointing out that the bug is more likely to be in your code than in the platform. There are instances where writing it yourself is the better option, but more often than not you will want to offload that burden onto a library that deals with the details so you can focus on doing what's important to your system/business. [1] http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2008/03/the-first-rule-of-programming-its-always-your-fault.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2008/03/the-first-rule-of-p... [2] http://www.codeofhonor.com/blog/whose-bug-is-this-anyway http://www.codeofhonor.com/blog/whose-bug-is-this-anyway