https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=ckielyHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sat, 20 Jun 2026 14:43:04 +0000But you definitely don't understand it nearly as well as if you wrote it. And you're the one that needs to take responsibility for adding it to your codebase.

]]>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 21:36:41 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44163341ckielyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44163341https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44163341The argument that programmers are into piracy and therefore should shut up about theft is nonsensical. Not defending piracy, but at least an artist or creator is still credited and their work is unadulterated. Piracy != plagiarism.

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