[kstenerud]

While I appreciate the sentiment behind this, with experience comes a sixth sense of what should be rebuilt, and what is better reused/modified. Experience also brings with it an ability to scan through foreign code and get a "feel" for how usable it is.

For example, I've chosen to replace one of the foundational data communication building blocks [1] because, after extensive research, the existing systems can't be modified to handle all of the general use cases I want handled. And it won't stop there, because I also have a number of additional requirements that HTTP won't handle (so there's also a new protocol in the works that will be based off this technology). If I could have simply modified an existing system to do what I want, I certainly wouldn't have spent the last two years on this! I've got plenty of other things demanding my attention...

[1] https://concise-encoding.org