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Discussion on: What do you do if you're in the middle of a project and you realize it already exists in the world?

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Aaron Powell

Keep building it.

You can learn a lot by building something that already exists. It helps you understand why certain decisions were made by other implementers, gives you insights into the underlying workings and maybe even show you how you can help improve other implementations.