Comments on: Story: Rolling your own http://www.build-doctor.com/2009/08/13/roll-your-own/ Helping to deliver working software, one continuous integration build at a time Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:59:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: simpsonjulian http://www.build-doctor.com/2009/08/13/roll-your-own/comment-page-1/#comment-397 simpsonjulian Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:21:08 +0000 http://www.build-doctor.com/?p=927#comment-397 I'm with you. One of the good things about my experience working with .NET teams was that they were quite happy to buy code if it seemed expedient. I'm thinking you could work out the ratio of time spent on your homegrown tools vs. time spent on your day job, with the number of users outside your organisation mixed in somehow. I’m with you. One of the good things about my experience working with .NET teams was that they were quite happy to buy code if it seemed expedient.

I’m thinking you could work out the ratio of time spent on your homegrown tools vs. time spent on your day job, with the number of users outside your organisation mixed in somehow.

]]> By: Jeffrey Fredrick http://www.build-doctor.com/2009/08/13/roll-your-own/comment-page-1/#comment-399 Jeffrey Fredrick Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:32:31 +0000 http://www.build-doctor.com/?p=927#comment-399 That's a good question! Probably no hard and fast rules but I'd guess that when you start getting feature requests it's a sign there's a larger set of problems to be solved... which strongly implies that someone else has already solved them before. I mean really, how likely are you to be the very first one? That being the case, looking for open source — or even commercial ;) — alternatives is probably a good idea. But then I have a strong personal aversion to reinventing the wheel, so YMMV with that approach. That’s a good question! Probably no hard and fast rules but I’d guess that when you start getting feature requests it’s a sign there’s a larger set of problems to be solved… which strongly implies that someone else has already solved them before. I mean really, how likely are you to be the very first one?

That being the case, looking for open source — or even commercial ;) — alternatives is probably a good idea.

But then I have a strong personal aversion to reinventing the wheel, so YMMV with that approach.

]]> By: simpsonjulian http://www.build-doctor.com/2009/08/13/roll-your-own/comment-page-1/#comment-400 simpsonjulian Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:50:41 +0000 http://www.build-doctor.com/?p=927#comment-400 Daniel's twitter is worth following as well. I wonder if you can identify the tipping point where a software project or tool stops being a useful thing and starts turning evil? Daniel’s twitter is worth following as well. I wonder if you can identify the tipping point where a software project or tool stops being a useful thing and starts turning evil?

]]> By: Jeffrey Fredrick http://www.build-doctor.com/2009/08/13/roll-your-own/comment-page-1/#comment-398 Jeffrey Fredrick Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:23:45 +0000 http://www.build-doctor.com/?p=927#comment-398 Great story! A lot of the homegrown systems we've encountered at Urbancode got their start in a similar way. They started as a simple solution to a simple problem but then metastasized over time. Great story!

A lot of the homegrown systems we’ve encountered at Urbancode got their start in a similar way. They started as a simple solution to a simple problem but then metastasized over time.

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