> Writing your own code is not "reinventing the wheel". It's what we do. A lot of times writing a new implementation is faster in the long run (more focused, le

> Writing your own code is not "reinventing the wheel". It's what we do. A lot of times writing a new implementation is faster in the long run (more focused, less obscure, easier to maintain). So much agreement. We often will rewrite smaller sets functions or other code for the express purposes of trimming dependencies, understanding what the code does, and having the opportunity to adopt it into our codebase with a fresh re-look at implementation, adding comments, etc. > Open source code is often not "battle tested" in your environment for your use case. And if there is a problem, getting it fixed can be a nightmare. Again. Agree with you strongly. Just because something as been available in npm does not automatically mean battle tested. There's a ton of broken/poor code out there.