Hackers like us forget how hard some of this stuff is to put together, and time consuming. Once you've invested time into your homegrown system, your product i

Hackers like us forget how hard some of this stuff is to put together, and time consuming. Once you've invested time into your homegrown system, your product inertia grows a great deal. "Why do x when you could just do y,z,a,b,c together?" should be a red flag to folks like us that we're not really suggesting something easier for other people, even if it's easier for us.