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April 20th as you’d have to be high as hell to think this was a good idea.

> Is that something modern coders aim for these days?

Yes. No dependencies is so 80's. Just run an ldd on your commonly used programs.

Even developers with "few" dependencies often lean on projects (languages, frameworks, etc) where there are hundreds of dependencies.

I also prefer to minimize dependencies, and it feels like this is why I can't find work.

So do I. I am writing a Perl script right now, and I could either use a non-core dependency, or implement my own. I went with my own. It is only a few lines of code. It works without the need to cpan i the module.

Its just really tongue-in-cheek about everything which makes this article more fun to read imo