Re: Reinventing My Own Wheel: Et Tu?

Ken Tilton wrote:
Ever reinvent your own wheel cuz ya did it then used it so rarely you forgot it? Or similarly ended up poking around your utils code and discovered functions written in the heat of a "this will be useful" moment but then got forgotten?

Hell, I won't even use my own code, no wonder I won't use anyone elses.

kenny

ps. Yes, this just happened. k


In other words,

1. Electronic search is useful;
2. Google and recursive grep are not sufficient.

Additionally, this problem happens to everybody, not
just programmers, and not just wrt code snippets.
Which is why I'm currently working on this problem.
Keeping found stuff found can and will be improved.

But, to get back to the original question, I don't mind
it when my new code is better than old, new-found code,
but it's disconcerting when the inverse situation occurs.
I guess this is nature's way of showing us whether we
are degenerating or advancing. There is power in
knowing, even if the datum is that your knowledge
is declining.
.

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