Comments on: Standing on the shoulders of giants: getting over ‘not built here syndrome’ http://the-stickman.com/web-development/standing-on-the-shoulders-of-giants-getting-over-not-built-here-syndrome/ Random developer notes Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:35:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Stickman http://the-stickman.com/web-development/standing-on-the-shoulders-of-giants-getting-over-not-built-here-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-682 Stickman Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:57:25 +0000 http://the-stickman.com/?p=27#comment-682 <blockquote> You’ll probably be interested in Kevin Barnes’ Three reasons to reinvent the wheel and my When (not) to reinvent the wheel. </blockquote> Thanks for the links -- interesting stuff.

You’ll probably be interested in Kevin Barnes’ Three reasons to reinvent the wheel and my When (not) to reinvent the wheel.

Thanks for the links — interesting stuff.

]]> By: StickBlog » Blog Archive » When Rapid Application Development is not rapid http://the-stickman.com/web-development/standing-on-the-shoulders-of-giants-getting-over-not-built-here-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-681 StickBlog » Blog Archive » When Rapid Application Development is not rapid Fri, 11 Nov 2005 19:52:05 +0000 http://the-stickman.com/?p=27#comment-681 [...] As mentioned in this article, I’ve been looking for a PHP development framework to help me get somewhere with a bunch of projects that have been stalled for, well, too long. After much deliberation, I settled on Cake — as much as anything because it seems to be in constant, active development, and the people involved seem committed to it. However I’ll still be keeping an eye on Qcodo, because I think it’s a promising project. [...] [...] As mentioned in this article, I’ve been looking for a PHP development framework to help me get somewhere with a bunch of projects that have been stalled for, well, too long. After much deliberation, I settled on Cake — as much as anything because it seems to be in constant, active development, and the people involved seem committed to it. However I’ll still be keeping an eye on Qcodo, because I think it’s a promising project. [...]

]]> By: Aristotle Pagaltzis http://the-stickman.com/web-development/standing-on-the-shoulders-of-giants-getting-over-not-built-here-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-680 Aristotle Pagaltzis Fri, 11 Nov 2005 04:18:04 +0000 http://the-stickman.com/?p=27#comment-680 You’ll probably be interested in Kevin Barnes’ <a href="http://www.journalhome.com/codecraft/11785/" rel="nofollow">Three reasons to reinvent the wheel</a> and my <a href="http://plasmasturm.org/log/335/" rel="nofollow">When (not) to reinvent the wheel</a>. More thoughts on the subject. You’ll probably be interested in Kevin Barnes’ Three reasons to reinvent the wheel and my When (not) to reinvent the wheel. More thoughts on the subject.

]]> By: Stickman http://the-stickman.com/web-development/standing-on-the-shoulders-of-giants-getting-over-not-built-here-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-679 Stickman Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:13:53 +0000 http://the-stickman.com/?p=27#comment-679 <blockquote>You would be amazed what I read.</blockquote> Mate, "Big'n'Bouncy" doesn't count as reading.

You would be amazed what I read.

Mate, “Big’n'Bouncy” doesn’t count as reading.

]]> By: Phantom http://the-stickman.com/web-development/standing-on-the-shoulders-of-giants-getting-over-not-built-here-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-678 Phantom Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:55:12 +0000 http://the-stickman.com/?p=27#comment-678 You would be amazed what I read. ;) I am well trained being the only person who reads my own blog/forum thing, so I like to make you feel wanted :D P~ You would be amazed what I read. ;)

I am well trained being the only person who reads my own blog/forum thing, so I like to make you feel wanted :D

P~

]]> By: Stickman http://the-stickman.com/web-development/standing-on-the-shoulders-of-giants-getting-over-not-built-here-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-677 Stickman Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:31:52 +0000 http://the-stickman.com/?p=27#comment-677 My god, you didn't actually read all of that did you? Get back to work! My god, you didn’t actually read all of that did you? Get back to work!

]]> By: Phantom http://the-stickman.com/web-development/standing-on-the-shoulders-of-giants-getting-over-not-built-here-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-676 Phantom Wed, 09 Nov 2005 15:53:27 +0000 http://the-stickman.com/?p=27#comment-676 I agree that 'standing on the shoulders...' is something I hate. I find a lot of young (read still at school) coders will do just that. Its not using someone else's knowledge to get you through, but the seeming un-willingness to gain the knowledge for themselves in the first place. Remember the old Were Here days of 'can someone tell me how to do my school project?'? Undoubtedly, there are times when other's knowledge and code is required, but I believe that if you are going to do that, then you owe it to yourself to understand WHY you are using the code as well as understanding how it works. Before I forget - will you write this code for me....? I agree that ‘standing on the shoulders…’ is something I hate. I find a lot of young (read still at school) coders will do just that.

Its not using someone else’s knowledge to get you through, but the seeming un-willingness to gain the knowledge for themselves in the first place. Remember the old Were Here days of ‘can someone tell me how to do my school project?’?

Undoubtedly, there are times when other’s knowledge and code is required, but I believe that if you are going to do that, then you owe it to yourself to understand WHY you are using the code as well as understanding how it works.

Before I forget – will you write this code for me….?

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