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Re:Why waste time? by golemelog on Thursday August 10, 2017 @12:07AM (#14976255)
Nothing's perfect.

> Why waste time building something that someone has already done better?

That's merely your opinion. Why did you discount your potential users/customers opinions?

I guess the "perfect" way to build something better is to build it for ourselves first (scratching our own itches, so they said) & the rest will be history. Yes, easier to be said than done.

Re:Why waste time? by dnoberon on Thursday August 10, 2017 @11:04AM (#14980411)
The post was pretty self-deprecating for sure. I didn't even think about the opinions of other people, or customers, in building a tool. A hiccup in a tool or library that I can live with or understand, might not be acceptable to another party. Thanks :)