The meme image ("Can't have 0days or bugs... if I don't write any code") is incorrect.
You can't have bugs if you don't have any code, but not writing code just means that your bugs are guaranteed to be someone else's bugs. Now, this may be a good thing -- other people's code has probably been reviewed more closely than yours, for one thing -- but using other people's code doesn't make you invulnerable, and other people's code often doesn't necessarily match your precise requirements.
If you have a choice between writing 10 lines of code or reusing 100,000 lines of someone else's code, unless you're a truly awful coder you'll end up with fewer bugs if you take the "10 lines of code" option.
There's probably no good way to pick up this context from the article, but the meaning of that particular meme is that the caption is supposed to be a shortsighted analysis. See http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/roll-safe , which lists examples like "You can't be broke if you don't check your bank account" or "If you're already late.. Take your time.. You can't be late twice."
> If you have a choice between writing 10 lines of code or reusing 100,000 lines of someone else's code, unless you're a truly awful coder you'll end up with fewer bugs if you take the "10 lines of code" option.
I disagree, this is only true if you understand why the other code has 100k lines [Although this example is a bit extreme].
A good example that could send a junior developer astray is date handling. Or most likely date mishandling if they are coding it themselves.
These container and container like solutions are not 10 lines of code, no implementation will be 10 lines. Therefore solutions which have had time to stabilize will be better since 10 lines of code isn't even a valid solution. New code causes new issues and increased complexity, thats the only point to be made by the meme.
You can't have bugs if you don't have any code, but not writing code just means that your bugs are guaranteed to be someone else's bugs. Now, this may be a good thing -- other people's code has probably been reviewed more closely than yours, for one thing -- but using other people's code doesn't make you invulnerable, and other people's code often doesn't necessarily match your precise requirements.
If you have a choice between writing 10 lines of code or reusing 100,000 lines of someone else's code, unless you're a truly awful coder you'll end up with fewer bugs if you take the "10 lines of code" option.