I think this guy wrote a great article. However I don’t know if I agree with his conclusion of him not being a good web developer.
I would bet that most great developers have googled often enough. In their defense googling is a more efficient tool than pouring through manpages all the time that have poor search indexes.
Also, in this developer’s blog, there is no reference to the fact that his code is buggy or less maintainable, or plethora of other reasons that categorically make him a bad developer.
I think it’s ok, to use help from google or stack overflow to do a good job at your task and that doesn’t make you a bad programmer.
I would bet that most great developers have googled often enough. In their defense googling is a more efficient tool than pouring through manpages all the time that have poor search indexes.
Also, in this developer’s blog, there is no reference to the fact that his code is buggy or less maintainable, or plethora of other reasons that categorically make him a bad developer.
I think it’s ok, to use help from google or stack overflow to do a good job at your task and that doesn’t make you a bad programmer.