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It's funny how often engineers say "it depends"! Even a basic axom like don't reinvent the wheel doesn't always apply. After all, we have entire industries dedicated to doing exactly that! Goodyear spends a lot of time investing in new wheel technology every year.
Then just wait until you speak with lawyers.
It's funny how often engineers say "it depends"! Even a basic axom like don't reinvent the wheel doesn't always apply. After all, we have entire industries dedicated to doing exactly that! Goodyear spends a lot of time investing in new wheel technology every year.
*https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/05/amateurs_prod...
"I am not reinventing the wheel, I am disrupting the wheel industry" — TramSDK creator https://github.com/racenis/tram-sdk
I thought I knew what those words meant but as I read the README I realize I don’t.
I am clearly not the intended audience for whatever that is.
I'll add "reduce code size and complexity" to the list of benefits. A python library to calculate a simhash, or track changes on a django model, or auto generate test fixtures, will often be 90% configuration cruft for other usecases, and 10% the code your app actually cares about. Reading the library and extracting and finetuning the core logic makes you responsible for the bugs in the 10%, but no longer affected by…
Sometimes a simple bespoke solution minimizes costs compared to the complexity of using a massive hairball with a ton of power that you don't need.
One big caveat to this: there's a tendency to underestimate the cost and complexity of a solution that you, personally, developed. If new developers coming onto the project disagree, they're probably right.
When I tell people that file systems are antiquated and need to be replaced with something much better; I often get strong push back.
This is a wheel that I have been reinventing for some time. It's not something that can be fixed with minor tweaks.