I second this approach which is what I do as well. My baseline is that I prefer to not have any dependencies. This is usually not realistic nor necessarily prag

I second this approach which is what I do as well. My baseline is that I prefer to not have any dependencies. This is usually not realistic nor necessarily pragmatic in practice (i.e. reinventing a relational database), but its a good baseline. My general feeling towards dependencies (in programs or life) is "do I really want to depend on this thing?" Almost always the answer should be "no". But the follow-up is "do I really need to depend on this thing?" and sometimes the answer is yes because I don't want to or can't re-implement the thing due to time or because I don't have the expertise.