The Hidden Cost of 'Just One More Dependency'
We’ve all been there. You’re working on a feature, and you need to parse some weirdly formatted date or handle a complex file upload. Your first instinct? npm install or bundle add. It feels like winning. Someone else already solved this problem! Why should I reinvent the wheel? The “Free” Wheel But here’s the thing: every dependency you add is a liability. It’s code you didn’t write, but code you now own. You own its bugs, its security vulnerabilities, and its breaking changes when it decides to “improve” its API. ...