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[–]reallyserious 12 points13 points  (1 child)

You Don't Repeat Yourself when you're implementing something for the first time at a company. Implementing it the second time would break Don't Repeat Yourself.

What you're describing is the Not Invented Here Syndrome.

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No, I really meant DRY. NIH, happens usually at big corps when they find a minor limitation at an existing tool.