Quote of the day

[Paul Rudin]

Marko Rauhamaa <marko at pacujo.net> writes:

> Radek Holý <Radek1 at holych.org>:
>
>> 2016-05-17 9:50 GMT+02:00 Steven D'Aprano <
>> steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info>:
>>
>>> Overhead in the office today:
>>>
>>> "I don't have time to learn an existing library - much faster to make
>>> my own mistakes!"
>>
>> *THUMBS UP* At least they are aware of that "own mistakes" part... Not
>> like my employer...
>
> Also:
>
>    With a third party solution I don't need to fix the bugs.
>
>    But with an in-house solution I at least *can* fix the bugs.
>
> The feeling of powerlessness can be crushing when you depend on a
> third-party component that is broken with no fix in sight.
>
>

Presumably it depends on whether you have the source for the third party
component...