Sometimes I use a module even if the power it brings could be seen as overkill for the solution at hand.

I put the extra time on the "education" account. When learning something extra while solving a simple problem I spend the time once. Next time I have knowledge to build on. In the meantime I have widened my horizon slightly, and often a more solid solution.

The other day I had to create a very simple HTML page with a ToC for a couple of Doxygen reports. I could have just printed HTML to a file. But I went for using Template Toolkit (which I've used before, but it was some time ago and I needed a refresher). Altogether this took a little longer than printing HTML, but the code was a lot clearer and shorter.

Next time I have to do something similar, I'll get a real good solution in no time.

/J