Re-engineering Existing Libraries or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Hack the Code

Arguably, one of the most powerful features of the Drupal ecosystem is modules. Similarly, libraries, in general, are a powerful way to speed along a project by using pre-existing code to add complex features without having to re-invent the wheel. But what happens when you find the perfect library or module but it just doesn’t do exactly what you need it to? Hack it! Come along for one man’s journey absolutely gutting someone else’s work and learning a lot about code and human nature.