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by mighty_bander 2464 days ago
Yeah, "Don't reinvent the wheel" is a ballsy statement for a site that poorly replicates existing work.
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chii 2464 days ago
you want to be known as the one who invented the wheel, because it looks good as a resume item. That's why the wheel keeps getting reinvented again and again, and usually quite poorly.
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JackFr 2464 days ago
The wheel gets reinvented because wheels are extremely useful, not because they look good on resumes. (OTOH, Greenspun's tenth rule is a different story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenspun%27s_tenth_rule)
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