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> Software dependencies really are the worst part of programming and yet we are making it worse instead of better and most people here tend to find that a good
by tluyben2 8y ago
> Software dependencies really are the worst part of programming
and yet we are making it worse instead of better and most people here tend to find that a good plan.
- quintiles 8y agoThe idea points back to whether or not it’s okay to roll your own encryption. Take the most complicated thing, and then apply the principles for that thing to all other things. Secure encryption is hard, so use a library. Parsing a web request is hard, so use a library. Disk I/O is hard, so use a library. Graphics is hard, so use a library. Caching is hard, so use a library. Databases are hard, so use a library. Authentication is hard, so use a library. UI/UX is hard, so use a library. A11Y is hard, so use a library. And so on.