The thing about dependencies (regardless of ecosystem) is that it’s easy for them to spiral out of control, making it difficult to have a solid grip on all the

The thing about dependencies (regardless of ecosystem) is that it’s easy for them to spiral out of control, making it difficult to have a solid grip on all the things going on under the hood. Over time this can be a real problem because it makes tracking down breakages and fixing them that much more difficult, especially when dealing with deep fractals of dependencies. In short, they’re fine in moderation but each added is another liability. As such, it can be beneficial to take a judicious approach and only add them when the value they bring outweighs that liability.