Why You Should Sometimes Reinvent the Wheel (And Why Your Team Might Hate You for It)
Let me start with a confession: I’ve reinvented more wheels than a medieval blacksmith having an existential crisis. And you know what? I regret absolutely nothing. If you’ve been in the software development game for more than five minutes, you’ve probably heard the sacred mantra echoing through conference halls and code reviews alike: “Don’t reinvent the wheel!” It’s delivered with the same reverence usually reserved for ancient wisdom, often followed by a knowing nod and the swift installation of yet another 47MB dependency to center a div....
