Google the description of everything you need if you don't already have it. If a web search turns up nothing, post an Ask HN or similar. Ask your friends. Don't

Google the description of everything you need if you don't already have it. If a web search turns up nothing, post an Ask HN or similar. Ask your friends. Don't remake anything that already exists. Try not to make anything that doesn't already exist unless you really can't do what you need to with what already does. To make sure that you do really need to do it, ask [Five Whys] of your motivations. If any answers come up "I don't know any other way to do it", start thinking / looking / asking for other ways to do it. [Five Whys]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Whys http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Whys Other ways to add to your toolbelt of resources: Follow the maintainers of your favorite projects on GitHub. You'll be notified when they star something they find interesting- if they think it's useful, you'll probably find it useful too. Read Hacker News, obviously.