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Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
sstephenson@indieweb.social ("Sam Stephenson") wrote:

😴 “Do one thing and do it well”
⚡️ “Build on the work of others”

from the AT&T UNIX® System V Release 3 Programmer’s Guide, 1987

UNIX System Philosophy Simply Stated For as long as you are writing programs on a UNIX system you should keep this motto hanging on your wall: Build on the work of others Unlike computer environments where each new project is like starting with a blank canvas, on a UNIX system a good percentage of any programming effort is lying there in bins, and Ibins, and /usr/bins, not to mention etc, waiting to be used. The features of the UNIX system (pipes, processes, and the file system) contribute to this reusability, as does the history of sharing and contributing that extends back to 1969. You risk missing the essential nature of the UNIX system if you don't put this to work.