That's the main reason that I tend to "Reinvent the wheel." Also, the dependencies often have a lot of extra "baggage," and I may only want a tiny bit of the f

That's the main reason that I tend to "Reinvent the wheel." Also, the dependencies often have a lot of extra "baggage," and I may only want a tiny bit of the functionality. Why should I use an 18-wheeler, when all I want to do, is drive to the corner store? Also, and this is really all on me (it tends to be a bit of a minority stance, but it's mine), I tend to distrust opaque code. If I do use a dependency, it's usually something that I could write, myself, if I wanted to devote the time, and something that I can audit, before integrating it. I won't use opaque executables, unless I pay for it. If it's no-money-cost, I expect to be able to see the source.