I've reinvented my own wheel in a particular niche. I didn't set out to do that, but I rejected the existing state of the art as fundamentally misguided. Then, I attempted to divide-and-conquer my particular problem, something that is conventionally considered impossible.
Against all odds, I not only succeeded (mostly thanks to ignorance and stubbornness), but my wheel turns out to be unbelievably good at what it does. Possibly even world-class. After further experimentation, it also enables feats that can only be described as pure heresy with troubling ease. Time passes and some people from that niche start picking up my wheel. They all hold it wrong at the beginning because it's so alien, but once they get the hang of it they never go back.
I get bug reports and feature requests from all over the world for the oddest of use-cases and workflows. I have deep, in-depth technical discussions with brilliant people I would've never met otherwise. I've witnessed achievements done by others with my wheel beyond my wildest dreams. I discover things that keep me awake at night. I get kicks out of melting down the brains of my uninitiated coworkers and colleagues explaining what my wheel does and what I can do with it.
Don't be afraid to reinvent the wheel. You never know what crazy, wild path it might roll you down to.
Against all odds, I not only succeeded (mostly thanks to ignorance and stubbornness), but my wheel turns out to be unbelievably good at what it does. Possibly even world-class. After further experimentation, it also enables feats that can only be described as pure heresy with troubling ease. Time passes and some people from that niche start picking up my wheel. They all hold it wrong at the beginning because it's so alien, but once they get the hang of it they never go back.
I get bug reports and feature requests from all over the world for the oddest of use-cases and workflows. I have deep, in-depth technical discussions with brilliant people I would've never met otherwise. I've witnessed achievements done by others with my wheel beyond my wildest dreams. I discover things that keep me awake at night. I get kicks out of melting down the brains of my uninitiated coworkers and colleagues explaining what my wheel does and what I can do with it.
Don't be afraid to reinvent the wheel. You never know what crazy, wild path it might roll you down to.