> act as if this is bad thing. The last thing I want is another bespoke logging solution or ORM.
I didn't quite capture the nuance of what I meant. Sorry about that. Of course if a third party does what you want go for it. But in the situations I'm thinking of, sometimes it's not and people just force their requirements into a suboptimal model. Form validation libs are an obvious example. High level chart libs are another think highchart vs D3)
Business decisions are often made based on forcing requirements onto a commercial third party solution that gets you 90% there instead of spending money up front and in ongoing maintenance to get 100% there. If your company isn’t going to have a competitive advantage, make enough money or save enough money to make that 10% difference worth it, the sacrifice is often worth it.
How many companies adjust their entire process around Salesforce, some Oracle enterprise solution, or project management software?
I didn't quite capture the nuance of what I meant. Sorry about that. Of course if a third party does what you want go for it. But in the situations I'm thinking of, sometimes it's not and people just force their requirements into a suboptimal model. Form validation libs are an obvious example. High level chart libs are another think highchart vs D3)