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by lacampbell 2492 days ago
A lot of the time, understanding someones solution is harder than just solving it myself.

If it's a complicated problem that can be boiled down to a simple API, I'll reach for it for sure. But I never have good luck with complicated problems wrapped in a complicated API. Usually I only need to solve 5% of the problem, so I'll either find a library that focuses on that 5%, or I'll code it myself.