I've found that, to some extent, the reason that I tend to roll my own implementation of various things is that I don't have the authority to add dependencies t

I've found that, to some extent, the reason that I tend to roll my own implementation of various things is that I don't have the authority to add dependencies to our codebase. Some of the transition from rolling your own to just using something else probably comes naturally from gaining sway over a project to the point that you can actually make the call to import a new package.