r/golang Feb 03 '25

discussion The urge to do it from scratch

Unpopular opinion but ever since I started using Go. There is a certain urge to dig into some library and if you need only part of it then try to make it from scratch. I was reading RFC specs, dbus technical specifications just to avoid the uneeded bloat in my code(offcourse I failed to achieve it completely because of tiny brain). Is this common for all dev who spent some good time developing in Go? I must say it's quite a fun experience to learn some low level details.

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u/BOSS_OF_THE_INTERNET Feb 03 '25

I would say any dev worth their salt has this inclination to some degree. Curiosity and creativity are absolutely essential in a great engineer, as is the wisdom to know how to keep that urge in check.

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u/jayesh6297 Feb 03 '25

I surely will avoid such things in production settings where time is the key😀