dependencies, capitalism
I frequently talk about how the ideal dependency is one that does precisely one well-defined thing, rarely needs any maintenance, has no room for scope creep (because it only does exactly one thing), and that is so straightforward and unremarkable that you almost forget you're using it.
Explaining this to people is already exhausting, because this is a topic with a lot of misinformation and wrong assumptions floating around it.
But what *really* worries me is that even if everybody were to accept this on an 'intellectual level' overnight, it likely still isn't going to happen - because capitalist incentives work against it.
Why? Because you won't get millions of VC or acquisition money for something unremarkable that Just Works and needs no marketing copy.
re: dependencies, capitalism
(You can actually see this in practice in the JS ecosystem, where it's the shiny half-broken reinvented kitchensinks that have glossy websites stuffed full of sponsors... but all the crucial underlying single-purpose libraries have gone unfunded, as have all the modular Just Works alternatives to the high-level glossy stuff)