> What we do as software engineers isn't standardized. If you are doing things that have been done before, you are wasting your time.

At the same time, this type of thinking is what results in engineers wasting time and money re-inventing the wheel, on things that usually have no business value. Just look at how much time and money was wasted at Uber reinventing simple technology solutions.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21250917