This weekend I caught myself rebuilding existing software twice.
At first I skipped Cobbler because it seemed too complicated for what I needed, and building a simple PXE server sounded fun and easy. Then the requirements kept showing up: profiles, templates, remote power control. Soon enough, “simple PXE server” became “rebuild Cobbler.”
Same thing with a live-audio transcription app. Whisper plus pyannote (speaker diarization) sounded exciting, so I started building before I checked what existed. Two hours in, I found HushScribe, Gophy, and a few more.
Building is the fun part. But 15 minutes of research can save hours of rebuilding the wrong thing.