With some practice, things like this take between a couple of hours to a couple of days of investment, total. I would say it is a fair price to pay, whenin exch

With some practice, things like this take between a couple of hours to a couple of days of investment, total. I would say it is a fair price to pay, whenin exchange you get to explore the design space, get to practice some important skills, and get a lot of control over how you want to do things, and get rid of a nasty dependency that might bite you later. Of course, there are some things that you are not going to do that a solid library gets you for free.