On: We're Drowning

[pwinnski]

I think you're demonstrating why libraries are slower.

[chrismorgan → pwinnski]

… because they’re probably better thought-out and less fragile?

[pwinnski → chrismorgan]

Sure, that, among other reasons.

If the goal is to always have the best thought-out and least-fragile solution for any given code operation, then the trade-offs are that it's possible the library solution is going to not fit quite as perfectly as it night, and it will almost certainly be slower.