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by jonahx 2055 days ago
Agreed rolling your own has hidden costs too and is often not the right choice.

Ime, though, this lesson has almost achieved meme status. So while both types of mistakes are made, the "hidden costs of 3rd party tools" is often not a consideration at all. The node "left pad string" debacle is the archetypal example here.