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by cocktailpeanuts 3169 days ago
Come back after you've built a database system used by tons of users and a car that someone is actually driving.

No one will take your argument seriously when you say ignorant stuff like "Creating a database is also very easy", or "Creating a car is also fairly easy".

No matter how you spin it, it is FAR from easy to build any of those, and the only people who think it's easy are those who don't have real experience.
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kbenson 3169 days ago
> No one will take your argument seriously when you say ignorant stuff like "Creating a database is also very easy", or "Creating a car is also fairly easy".

Holy shit, did nobody read the last sentence of the original comment? I'll spell it out. The first three things were meant to be similar statements to the comment I was replying to, and the final sentence was explaining how they, plus the version in the comment I was replying to, were bullshit.

I then went into excruciating detail in the next comment on why, for each specific case, and capped it with a paragraph summarizing my point.

> No matter how you spin it, it is FAR from easy to build any of those, and the only people who think it's easy are those who don't have real experience.

Which is fully in line with exactly what I was saying.

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DougWebb 3169 days ago
It's much easier to build something that's suitable for your one specific use case than it is to build a general-purpose framework. Database systems, cars, and Bootstrap are all general-purpose. But if you need to store a collection of name/value pairs, carry a load from fixed-point-A to fixed-point-B, or create a web-page with a specific and custom style, building something from scratch can be the right way to go, and it can be easier than forcing a general-purpose solution to fit what you need.
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always_good 3169 days ago
But we're not talking about something with tons of users.

We're talking about a bespoke just-for-my-project sort of thing. That you think it's not even worth it unless you can get tons of users is part of the point. It's just a distraction just like your bespoke CSS framework.

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