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Sometimes you are truly better off starting from scratch
- DanielBMarkham 19y agoKnowing when to build and when to buy is a biggie. Especially in web development, you can get these huge honking Javascript libraries that do maybe 1 thing you need. Just build it already. On the other hand, once you start writing a _system_ to do something, like tag clouds or rounded corners or something like that, use some common sense and at least take a look at what's out there. Sometimes you can pick up some lightweight stuff that can save you a bunch of time. What's the saying? Good authors borrow from others. Great authors steal.