[starttoaster]

Nobody owes you free labor, but it's a world of uncertainty. People don't like uncertainty. Will this labor be priced reasonably, at around the same level that I value it, or will they pull a vmware and ask for my first born?

[bevekspldnw]

There’s no greater certainty than rolling your own and building your own stack.

If you want perfect reliability, use the standard library of a language and nothing else. It’s actually possible.

Ironically, the best open source projects are the ones that have no other dependencies beyond the standard library.