> And more of that. But just saying "a lot of dependencies bad" is not useful.
I disagree. The primary problem is that proper dependency auditing is incredibly time-consuming, especially if you want to stay up-to-date. The reality is that most people simply don't do it all.
Because I don't think those are useful metrics at all. In fact this is just code re-use and should probably be happening to a significant degree.
Some actually interesting properties are:
- basic performance
- signal to noise ratio
- API stability
- robustness
- clarity and simplicity...
And more of that. But just saying "a lot of dependencies bad" is not useful.
Maybe in an ideal world we have even _more_ dependencies? I don't know. What I do know is that I care about the above points much more.