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		ayewo on March 13, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: RethinkDB: why we failed (2017) I chuckled a bit, but you and I know that devs are not savages :) I'd probably word it differently: Developer tools seemed like a good industry to be in, "sell shovels in the gold rush" and all, but it turns out developers prefer to make their own shovels to dig for gold (because it is often cheaper than buying).

glangdale on March 15, 2021 [–]

Based on the tools that I've often seen developers build in-house, "dig for gold with their teeth" is fair, much of the time.

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