[raiph]

You seem very confident of your assessments. To the point you'll even suggest HNers who don't see things as you do are crazy.

Are you aware of the notion that expressed confidence tends toward being inversely proportional to competence? And that this is a key to insightful learning?

You've said you're a young developer, so perhaps you haven't recognized this aspect of mind yet, but there's plenty of solid science (as well as anecdotal examples such as your confidence/competence in this exchange may be) that corroborate the essential truth of this aspect of mind.

Of course, I may well be wrong about applying that knowledge to this scenario, so I'm not going to claim confidence or competence in applying it, just that it seemed apropos. :)

[ktran03]

I didn't call anyone crazy, it's the idea of copying and pasting code into a professional project that I think is crazy.

That's how I was schooled by senior devs, whose opinion I have profound respect for. The reasoning is sound to me, I'll stick with it. Unless, someone has better reasons why I should copy and paste code, I would consider it.