[ramones13]

This is how you end up with massive tech debt though right? Replacing a dependency is going to be more expensive than writing something yourself, especially if it’s been around a long time.

[misja111]

Possibly you will end up with tech debt. But similarly to how most start ups begin with financial debt until their product generates enough revenue, it can also be a perfectly good strategy to allow for tech debt in the beginning. If this enables you to bring a MVP to the market faster than your competitors, you're good.

[dools]

It's also how you end up with a product you can sell now versus a product you can sell in 24 months' time.

[drewbug01]

The length of time a thing is around is the key bit, not whether or not you initially wrote it yourself.

[regularjack]

In the projects that I've encountered, the ones that ended up with massive tech debt were the ones that didn't use a framework.