Re: It's "What's the best language" all over again
But a personal library of code snippets? Something I prefer to avoid, at least beyond a very limited point. Better to find some tried-and-tested library than to go around reinventing the wheel.
Like all things, moderation is key. Using someone else' work saves time and often reduces bugs. However it can also hide implementation details and it's not good if the developers of an application don't know what some bits of it do. It can also lead to poor design if someone bends their code to use a third party library. Then there are all the niggling dependencies that can trip you up if you want to update. Has anyone coined the term 'Nuget hell' yet?
Of course back when I was a young programmer in the 80s and 90s using third party code was even more risky. You rarely got the source code, the developer didn't have any provision for accepting your revisions and talking to them meant snail mail or a telephone call. Github, Stackoverflow and their ilk have been a boon to software development.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
