Worst part about using an internal-only library: can't search online for documentation/usage & usually not fully polished. Best part about using an internal-only library: someone at your company knows every corner of it & any change is on the table. Not an easy tradeoff.

May 13, 2022 · 5:58 PM UTC

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I don't know though, they might just take a job at Facebook
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Yeah, Apparently that’s a phase that every senior developer wants to go through.
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Not after that someone leaves the company. Internal libs becomes a nightmare after few years IMO.
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I find the most productive is to use open source with clean code (if available), so if something isn't in the docs it's easy to just look at the code. Much faster than having to ask for help each time something doesn't work
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Food for thought
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Until that person leaves the company :(
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let me blow your mind: a well tested library is the best library. tests are the best documentation.
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Can't you just search internally for usage?