Comment by ocdtrekkie
11 years ago
My current programming project, my goal has been to do as much in-app as possible. Does that mean I'm more likely to have bugs in my own code? Yes. But I've learned a ton doing it, and I know that my code doesn't have a giant monster of bloat hidden behind some random dependency somewhere. And yeah, that means when I wanted to handle email, I learned a heck of a lot about how programs handle email. Did it take more time? Yup. Education is time well spent.
I've got two dependencies besides the basic framework my project is built on: A scheduling engine, and a database interface. I eventually hope to factor out both.
Spoken like someone who doesn't have a tight deadline.
That's true, I don't. But if your deadline is too tight to do it right, maybe you need to reevaluate your project plan.
I mean, I can certainly see using more dependencies than I'm using. Mail is a great example of something that probably should be handled by dedicated, well-tested code. But to carelessly dump piles of third-party dependencies in your project to save a few minutes, as talked about in this article... just crazy.
"If you don't have time to do it right, you will be forced to make time to do it again."
Spoken like someone who isn't on a tight deadline.