Does it really take people "a few hours" to integrate a dependency? For personal projects it's more like 15 minutes, and even for stuff at work it doesn't generally take longer than an hour.
Broadly I find that FOSS libraries are great when you stick with their happy path. If you have unique/specific requirements, it may make sense to build it yourself. But there's no reason you can't spend an hour trying to use something for free before re-writing from scratch.
Broadly I find that FOSS libraries are great when you stick with their happy path. If you have unique/specific requirements, it may make sense to build it yourself. But there's no reason you can't spend an hour trying to use something for free before re-writing from scratch.