MIT CSAIL's 'Reinvent the Wheel' Quote Resurfaces

MIT CSAIL's quote from programmer Pete Cordell—telling programmers a library exists is like telling songwriters love songs already exist—resurfaced, with ML author Andriy Burkov arguing that in the AI era existing libraries are no longer a reason not to build.

2026-11-14 ~ 2026-11-14 · 2 related posts

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