Past a number of dependencies, actually getting anything to build deterministically, run reliably and then not get 0wnd to bits becomes an actual challenge, which many enthusiastic developers have a masochistic kink for.
Is it? You know for a fact that there are bugs in some of your dependencies. But how many bugs would the code you wrote from scratch instead of adding a dependency have?
Past a number of dependencies, actually getting anything to build deterministically, run reliably and then not get 0wnd to bits becomes an actual challenge, which many enthusiastic developers have a masochistic kink for.
The thrill of complexity is real.
i think the implication is that it's precarious...how does one know all are bug free, for example?
Is it? You know for a fact that there are bugs in some of your dependencies. But how many bugs would the code you wrote from scratch instead of adding a dependency have?
Are you asking if it is the implication, or if it is the implication that which is implied is true?
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