Hello,

Chris Coyier of css-tricks.com has written a good article titled Regarding Wheel Invention. In a paragraph he says:

On the “reinventing” side, you benefit from complete control and learning from the process.

And on the very next line he says:

On the other side, you benefit from speed, reliability, and familiarity. Also often at odds are time spent and cost.

He is right in both statements I think. I really like his first statement. I do actually sometimes re-invent the wheel to learn more and gain complete control over what I am inventing.

I wonder why people are so much against that or rather biased. Isn't there the benefit of learning and getting complete control or probably some other benefits too.

I would love to see what you have to say about this.