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is it ethical to use third party libraries and other stuff in my portfolio website? (self.programming)

submitted 1 year ago by raley2 to c/programming@programming.dev

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I am confused as to whether it is acceptable to use code produced by other people for something that is related to me and my creations. Do i have to resort to coding my portfolio website with pure css and js to demonstrate my credibility and experience as a candidate employee? Does the ideology of 'using other people's tools to create a better product' apply here in this context, or would it be considered plagiarism? Is there some sort of gradient as to how much i should use third party tools for my website for it be ethically appropriate, if it all?

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[–] nwithan8@kbin.social 35 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Absolutely fine.

Could you imagine if every developer recreated the wheel for every project?

[–] colonial@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh boy, do I have some C++ codebases I wish I could show you.

[–] coltorl@programming.dev 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sometimes it’s easier to DIY than try to figure out the mess of a build system of a dependency! :P

[–] otl@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

Ah come on, what’s a little spaghetti code between friends ;)

[–] ipkpjersi@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

There are definitely companies like that out there lol, legacy tech can be horrifying.

[–] amio@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Absolutely could! I've worked in a shop where that was the norm. It was not... fun.

[–] Deely@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Machine codes, yes.