copy & paste chunks of code is not necessary bad if you want to accomplish a specific task (for example, how to crop a square image, how to format date time int

copy & paste chunks of code is not necessary bad if you want to accomplish a specific task (for example, how to crop a square image, how to format date time into relative format, etc etc) It will allow you to see if this chunk of codes work, and if it does, you can learn from it, improve it or give it back to others.