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Does heavy library Are there concrete reasons not to use libraries and code snippet usage make you a bad programmersnippets heavily?

Overall I'm in programming for about 8 years now and it seems to me that I'm relying more and more on open source libraries and snippets (damn you GitHub!) to "get the job done". I know that in time I could write me own implementation but I like to focus on the overall design.

Is this normal (non corporate environment)? Does it make you a bad programmerWhat could go wrong if my "programming" is nothing more than cluinggluing different libraries together. Feels like it.?

I know about "don't reinvent the wheel" but what happens when you don't invent a single wheel anymore.

What's your take on this?

Does heavy library and code snippet usage make you a bad programmer?

Overall I'm in programming for about 8 years now and it seems to me that I'm relying more and more on open source libraries and snippets (damn you GitHub!) to "get the job done". I know that in time I could write me own implementation but I like to focus on the overall design.

Is this normal (non corporate environment)? Does it make you a bad programmer if "programming" is nothing more than cluing different libraries together. Feels like it.

I know about "don't reinvent the wheel" but what happens when you don't invent a single wheel anymore.

What's your take on this?

Are there concrete reasons not to use libraries and code snippets heavily?

Overall I'm in programming for about 8 years now and it seems to me that I'm relying more and more on open source libraries and snippets (damn you GitHub!) to "get the job done". I know that in time I could write me own implementation but I like to focus on the overall design.

Is this normal (non corporate environment)? What could go wrong if my "programming" is nothing more than gluing different libraries together?

I know about "don't reinvent the wheel" but what happens when you don't invent a single wheel anymore?

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Henrik P. Hessel
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Overall I'm in programming for about 8 years now and it seems to me that I'm relying more and more on open source libraries and snippets (damn you GitHub!) to "get the job done". I know that in time I could write me own implementation but I like to focus on the overall design.

Is this normal (non cooperatecorporate environment)? Does it make you a bad programmer if "programming" is nothing more than cluing different libraries together. Feels like it.

I know about "don't reinvent the wheel" but what happens when you don't invent a single wheel anymore.

What's your take on this?

Overall I'm in programming for about 8 years now and it seems to me that I'm relying more and more on open source libraries and snippets (damn you GitHub!) to "get the job done". I know that in time I could write me own implementation but I like to focus on the overall design.

Is this normal (non cooperate environment)? Does it make you a bad programmer if "programming" is nothing more than cluing different libraries together. Feels like it.

I know about "don't reinvent the wheel" but what happens when you don't invent a single wheel anymore.

What's your take on this?

Overall I'm in programming for about 8 years now and it seems to me that I'm relying more and more on open source libraries and snippets (damn you GitHub!) to "get the job done". I know that in time I could write me own implementation but I like to focus on the overall design.

Is this normal (non corporate environment)? Does it make you a bad programmer if "programming" is nothing more than cluing different libraries together. Feels like it.

I know about "don't reinvent the wheel" but what happens when you don't invent a single wheel anymore.

What's your take on this?

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Does heavy library and code snippet codes usage make you a bad programmer?

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