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> Minimize third-party dependencies. Master the platform’s built-ins and accumulate your own toolbox over time. I would like to work with this person.

• aleph_minus_one 2y ago
  > > Minimize third-party dependencies. Master the platform’s built-ins and accumulate your own toolbox over time. > I would like to work with this person. Before you make such a bold claim, consider that this way of doing programming leads to an accumulation of knowledge that is barely transferable if you switch jobs. I would claim that a central reason why many programmers like third-party dependencies is that being knowledgeable in these is a set of skills that is better marketable and transferable to jobs at other companies. In other words: applying these approach to programming can easily result in a career trap.
  • rho4 2y ago
    You're probably right. Anyway, I will be eternally grateful to the creators of H2 Database for showing that it is very much possible to create an entire database including a web interface without forcing dozens of additional dependencies onto your users.