> Additionally, the risk itself is fairly low. If it goes out of date or stops working or just turns out to suck, the most I risked is an afternoon of work. So

> Additionally, the risk itself is fairly low. If it goes out of date or stops working or just turns out to suck, the most I risked is an afternoon of work. Sometimes, the opportunity cost (time spent) is the largest term in the risk equation, but often there are other terms that might be orders of magnitude larger. For example, the risk of depending on the wrong abstraction, or becoming coupled to a hack. What you're saying makes sense. My only point is that there's a lot more subtle judgment required in these decisions than often meets the eye.