Database drivers, crypto etc im always "installing", but for 97% of other stuff i tend to roll my own. And when i dont want to reinvent the wheel, i take time t

Database drivers, crypto etc im always "installing", but for 97% of other stuff i tend to roll my own. And when i dont want to reinvent the wheel, i take time to vet the depency. How many LOC? Does it has deps of its own? Is it a maintained library? Can i fork/fix bugs?