Yes. Copy exactly if you need to or learn if you need deeper experience.
When iPhone apps launched I was copying 12 yr olds on YouTube to learn Xcode tips. Nothing to be ashamed of (the opposite, I'm impressed). Pretty much everything that exists came from people copying people.
If you can copy, then improve, value add or extend, that is usually better.
All the biggest sites in the world are copies of other sites, all the most famous art is copies of other art, same with design, development, product, anything really.
Try not to copy the wrong stuff though.
The truth is: The result matters. Does the thing do the thing it is supposed to do? How well does it do it compared to other things & how long did it take you? (if budget/time is critical, which is most of the time).
If you copy paste a site that improves a life, it still improves a life. The feelings should be invested in the result (impact) rather than the tool itself (it's nice to appreciate craftsmanship & all that of course).
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I got it.
Copying (if allowed) what you need and then expand as you need it is better than writing everything on your own because the result matters more.
It's a bit like a Chef, you can get hung up on 13 course meals that the customer doesn't even like but a tiny bunch of snobs praise you for or you can deliver 10,000 meals a day to hungry workers but seem useless. It depends what you are looking for in terms of results or career too.
Example:
Make your own CMS & not publish much but have a small audience of devs who think what you do is cool.
Take WP, install, publish some tips, promote & influence more people.
Spend years refining one thing.
I do a combination of whatever is needed, I don't really think one is better than the other. For example, on my site I made my own share buttons because I don't want the privacy violations or slowness that all other options offer. I used the WP vanilla theme & customized instead of write one from scratch.
I work this way:
Desired result (enhanced performance, control & privacy share btns, no plugins).
Best way to achieve it (look at options, decide I need to write a better one or use someone else's that meets my needs. I did a bit of both - it's still copying stackx or whatever).
Result:
CSS customizable in-theme inline SVG share icons on posts that do not notify the service provider (twit/fb etc) of every visitor to the post (no embed, nice privacy for all) or slow things down (the fb btn is heavier than the sites I build). At the moment it has no share count (also solvable easily while private) but I am taking off social icons everywhere for the most part so I probably won't update it.
Effort? Slightly more than grabbing the regular code or using an existing plugin but I use it many times & it is much faster (paste into new theme & go, no updates, downloads, code inspection etc). Now it is a tool in my toolbox (they add up over time).
The end result is exactly what I want for my users, which is the goal.
Time-wise I am up already. Cost/resource wise (this matters, because most failure is misplaced resources).
Industry respect, don't care. They all use those bad options but praise each other. People who are willing to do what they want against the crowd are always more interesting.
Worry, none, too busy implementing something else. Can't even remember that other thing that well anymore as long if I chose well.
Good code changes a lot. Bad code doesn't. How likely is V1-2 to be good?
My advice is do it the way you think is right (but know why). That's how we got exactly where we are today.
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Yes. Copy exactly if you need to or learn if you need deeper experience.
When iPhone apps launched I was copying 12 yr olds on YouTube to learn Xcode tips. Nothing to be ashamed of (the opposite, I'm impressed). Pretty much everything that exists came from people copying people.
If you can copy, then improve, value add or extend, that is usually better.
All the biggest sites in the world are copies of other sites, all the most famous art is copies of other art, same with design, development, product, anything really.
Try not to copy the wrong stuff though.
The truth is: The result matters. Does the thing do the thing it is supposed to do? How well does it do it compared to other things & how long did it take you? (if budget/time is critical, which is most of the time).
If you copy paste a site that improves a life, it still improves a life. The feelings should be invested in the result (impact) rather than the tool itself (it's nice to appreciate craftsmanship & all that of course).
Don't code airplanes like this.
Thanks for your comment. 👍🏻
I got it.
Copying (if allowed) what you need and then expand as you need it is better than writing everything on your own because the result matters more.
You're welcome.
It's a bit like a Chef, you can get hung up on 13 course meals that the customer doesn't even like but a tiny bunch of snobs praise you for or you can deliver 10,000 meals a day to hungry workers but seem useless. It depends what you are looking for in terms of results or career too.
Example:
I do a combination of whatever is needed, I don't really think one is better than the other. For example, on my site I made my own share buttons because I don't want the privacy violations or slowness that all other options offer. I used the WP vanilla theme & customized instead of write one from scratch.
I work this way:
Result:
CSS customizable in-theme inline SVG share icons on posts that do not notify the service provider (twit/fb etc) of every visitor to the post (no embed, nice privacy for all) or slow things down (the fb btn is heavier than the sites I build). At the moment it has no share count (also solvable easily while private) but I am taking off social icons everywhere for the most part so I probably won't update it.
Effort? Slightly more than grabbing the regular code or using an existing plugin but I use it many times & it is much faster (paste into new theme & go, no updates, downloads, code inspection etc). Now it is a tool in my toolbox (they add up over time).
Good code changes a lot. Bad code doesn't. How likely is V1-2 to be good?
My advice is do it the way you think is right (but know why). That's how we got exactly where we are today.