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by randomh3r0 1340 days ago
While maybe my view is a bit myopic here, I think the harsh reality of the world is that it's very difficult to find an opportunity where all you do is write brand new code outside of a small/early stage startup. The numbers just don't make sense to constantly reinvent the wheel, even though many developers love and prefer that. In truth the best developers I've ever worked with and managed have a good intuition about when the re-use vs re-build and I support them in that. Developers who try to push too hard one way or the other often end up taking way longer than they should have to get a task done. As with darn near everything else in life - it's all about balance. That's my 2 cents anyways.
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Excellent analysis. Yeah maybe I do struggle with build vs re-use situations.