[Zanta]

His analogy to other professions building from premade blocks rings true for me (mech eng), but there are two distinct cases:

a) The design of the block has been perfected through years other people's work and experience. If I need a spur gear in a design there's almost certainly an off-the-shelf component that's 99% perfect.

b) I'm in a rush and I need something good enough. Slap something down and move on.

In the context of writing it seems like the latter will pop up more often. Did his examples seem trite to anyone else?