To me this is one of the differences between making a wheel for learning or a wheel for innovation, as I mention in the blog. The latter can truly be reinvention, while the former is indeed often more like simply making your own wheel.
Re:Wheel Reinventor's Principles
by convolvatron on Friday March 21, 2025 @11:23AM
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there is an implicit assumption that we've all settled on what transportation looks like. its a car with 4 wheels, and windows, and a chassis and a glovebox. there are already a whole spectrum of gloveboxes we can but, open source, SaaS, etc.
why would you make a new glovebox. its got a latch, and a hinge.
maybe I dont even want to build a car.
e.g. making your own static site generator is not reinventing the wheel. It's making your own wheel, which is a perfectly cromulent use of time.