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We need to stop using the phrase "don't reinvent the wheel" and start using the phrase "don't reinvent the hammer" CS/IT seems to have some weird solipsistic fetish for tooling in some dogmatic quest for abstraction.

I'm sure there is great for someone somewhere doing something but I just see another turtle in the stack...

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So don't use it? Why do so many people on this site complain about people making stuff? It's really odd. Just don't use it.

I agree with this. It's sorta strange to me that the above poster is aware enough to mention that this "might be useful to someone", but then dogs on it.

If you don't have a need for it, perhaps consider it is not for you.

I don't see the value either, but I guess perhaps some people will find a purpose for this tool and regardless some developer might have had some fun working on this, perhaps learned a bit from working on this project.

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