But is there someone who already has?

Is the effort to re-invent the wheel worth the tradeoff of simply asking, or referencing, somebody else? And even if you do figure it out, are you the best person to do it?

There’s a finite time we have in life and an unlimited source of knowledge at our fingertips.

To help us out, we should ask what is the limit of what we can do and what limits are we willing to break ourselves.

If we’re honest about both, we can save the limited, precious resource of time that we have.