Couldn&#x27;t agree more.  I think the title is unreasonably one sided, and saying &quot;be part of the solution&quot; is equally one sided.<p>Dependencies are great for the reasons you specified, and I saw nothing in that article suggesting otherwise.  The part that feels the worst to read is:<p>&gt; Can I implement the required minimal functionality myself? Own it.<p>This is largely a judgement call; &quot;can I&quot; and &quot;minimal functionality&quot; are subject to change based on many external circumstances.  &quot;Own it&quot; also seems to imply owning it not as a dependency, based on the context, but rather as a part of a monolithic whole.<p>It is also interesting that the sidekiq product makes use of gem dependencies.  At top level 5 without platform dependencies, which (mostly due to rails) expands out to many more.  The message should not be to &quot;kill your dependencies&quot;, because that mindset is outdated and slow.<p>So tired of hearing about how bad dependencies or scripting languages are.  Would be much more excited to hear about how to contribute to open source dependencies, and how to write efficient scripts.