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I also feel better when I use less libraries, even if that may seem irrational sometimes.
I think part of the library craze stems from people who really only want to use the programming language as a tool to get fast results (which is legitimate, of course).
For example in academic contexts you have a lot of scientists who use R with a whole truckload of libraries, often unnecessarily.
It reminds me of the plugin craze in the whole wordpress can of worms…
I also feel better when I use less libraries, even if that may seem irrational sometimes.
I think part of the library craze stems from people who really only want to use the programming language as a tool to get fast results (which is legitimate, of course).
For example in academic contexts you have a lot of scientists who use R with a whole truckload of libraries, often unnecessarily. It reminds me of the plugin craze in the whole wordpress can of worms…