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I tend to think the other way - the more popular the language, the more mature it's open source libraries. For instance, there are amazing open source java libr
by devty 10y ago
I tend to think the other way - the more popular the language, the more mature it's open source libraries. For instance, there are amazing open source java libraries out that's been battle tested in the wild.
Also, isn't the alternative of debugging open-source libraries writing the functionalities you need yourself? Working with faulty open source library is tedious, but that work can be seen as way to contributing your time to make open source library better for everyone.
- jeremiep 10y agoAs much as I like to contribute to open-source, the reality is I have budgets and deadlines to meet. Most libraries out there will do a LOT of things I couldn't care less about, making them harder to integrate and debug and reason about, on top of bloating your executable. I do agree there are a lot of amazing libraries out there and we do use a lot of them. But that's after analyzing them and figuring out they solve our problems and actually will save us time. For the vast majority of libraries we look at, its usually faster and better to roll our own.