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Should I write my own QR parser or just use available one. Should I write my own crypto algo or just use battletested one.

Every line I write - line I need to support.



> Should I write my own crypto algo or just use battletested one.

Why would the "battletested" be better ? It is "battletested" by the user, anyway.

> Every line I write - line I need to support.

So you prefer to support someone elses code instead of yours ? ( because it is battletested - just like log4j was)


> Why would the "battletested" be better ? It is "battletested" by the user, anyway.

Your tense is incorrect there. "Battletested" means that past users have experienced the carnage of war, so current users can enjoy peace. Your second usage would need to be changed to present tense, like "battletesting", where you subject them to suffering.


I’m with you on that, but the two are not mutually exclusive. I don’t know how it is exactly in Xcode, but in my field there’s a huge difference between importing a whole kitchen sink named “moment.js” or a few “date-fns” functions.




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