I think it's language dependent - no team i've been on has been strangled by dependencies, they've largely amplified development; and the tradeoff to address br

I think it's language dependent - no team i've been on has been strangled by dependencies, they've largely amplified development; and the tradeoff to address breaking changes when they come is worth it. But if you add dependencies, and don't make time to keep them up to date... you're going to have a bad time.