[lukeschlather]

>For every spot-on comment on HN, I read 5 that make me dumber each day.

Please re-read the HN guidelines.

>Can this library save you hundreds of hours? Do the math.

I doubt it. I imagine it would cost me time I didn't even know I had, when someone who could have been extending and patching the platform is instead extending and patching a FOSS platform. Closed toolkits only work at large scales where you've got a dedicated team responding to every issue. Even then, they're sub-optimal.

[exogen]

It's much easier to dedicate all your time and respond to every issue when it's what's paying the bills. FOSS support and longevity are terrible, and this is from someone who maintains a dozen such projects.

[lukeschlather]

Software support and longevity are terrible, and this is from someone who uses hundreds of such products. I go in expecting bad support, and as such it's only natural that I don't like paying.