[raffi]

I agree with this. I use third party libraries when its not inconvenient to do so. All the complexity and the kitchen sink that comes with a lot of stuff drives me crazy. For example, when I try to use any Java library from Apache I inevitably need to download three or four other libraries that depend on other libraries and so it goes.

Otherwise, I code in my own scripting language and I deploy to my own app server. I'm very productive this way and I'm able to leverage stuff that doesn't suck.