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[14:01:47 CDT(-0500)] <battags> i.e. if their idea/concern is great
[14:01:54 CDT(-0500)] <wgthom> hmm….are they easily tracked.
[14:01:58 CDT(-0500)] <battags> but the code they spent hours on isn't the direction we would have taken the feature
[14:02:00 CDT(-0500)] <wgthom> i get your point.
[14:02:11 CDT(-0500)] <battags> I'm all for other people writing code
[14:02:16 CDT(-0500)] <battags> just with input from the dev team 
[14:02:19 CDT(-0500)] <wgthom> early discussion, intent is always a good thing