> The problem lies in the fact that there are a great many things I can hack together in an afternoon to "replace" some kind of external dependency, but the qua

> The problem lies in the fact that there are a great many things I can hack together in an afternoon to "replace" some kind of external dependency, but the quality discrepancy of these hacks is highly variant. Perhaps it's a domain-specific thing, but when someone uses the words "hack together" I imagine it means using dependencies without really understanding what's going on in them, precisely to avoid figuring out how to code a solution properly. Writing it yourself obviously needs to also imply doing it correctly. Even if that means you must learn a bit about what is the right way to do it (a side benefit, though usually viewed as a downside).