It's not like you need to pick through the entire source though. You just need to read the docs. Reading the docs will likely be faster than writing your own.

It's not like you need to pick through the entire source though. You just need to read the docs. Reading the docs will likely be faster than writing your own. I've seen people write their own XML parsing libraries, try to handle dates + timezones on their own, and write REST API helpers for products that already had official packages. In each of these cases, even a brief look at some docs and a wild-ass-guess would've been more productive. It's super frustrating to watch.