An important reason to try it from scratch first is that it helps your understanding of the problem. That way, you can either confirm that it's better not to ta

An important reason to try it from scratch first is that it helps your understanding of the problem. That way, you can either confirm that it's better not to take on a dependency, or leverage the experience to find, evaluate, and appreciate the right dependency when one turns out to be desirable. Just like people build their own web frameworks before they settle for an established one. That's a good thing, in my opinion.