Since it's posted on Hacker News, this story immediately made me think of things that come up while building anything, but especially software... - choice of l

Since it's posted on Hacker News, this story immediately made me think of things that come up while building anything, but especially software... - choice of language for a project - the decision to use this library or that, or to "roll your own" - etc Ignoring the obvious "cheating" of plagiarism or copyright violation, there's still occasionally pressure, internal or external, focus heavily on tools and methodologies over building the actual thing and focusing on its essential traits, weaknesses, and strengths. And finding the right balance between the attention given to tools versus the thing you're building is itself an art of sorts.