I'm American (US) and I had no idea what the author meant by "dinky" either. I've never used or heard any one use "dinky" to mean "inconsequential". It has alwa

I'm American (US) and I had no idea what the author meant by "dinky" either. I've never used or heard any one use "dinky" to mean "inconsequential". It has always meant "small" to me. I thought this was going to be saying something like "it's okay to make tiny libraries that do one thing."