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If it were my team complaining about "wheel reinvention" or "NIH" I would be ok, but I never saw this kind of gatekeeping at work.

It's always internet strangers who are too dogmatic even though there's zero context.




I've encountered _plenty_ of stubborn dogmatism at work. People get an idea about "the right way" to do something, and refused to consider alternatives.


I have also encountered plenty of stubborn dogmatism at work, but not this type as much.

People might add a redundant or dangerous library because they don’t know better but they don’t fight for it, like here.




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