The answer to security-woes, dependecy-complexity and maintenance-burdens is DIY
Before AI we had to rely on packages, services, libraries, frameworks etc to get anything done in a reasonable amount of time.
But today these things are looking more and more like burdens to me. I'm finding it easier than ever to write near-zero dependecy software in HTML, JavaScript and CSS that a) I don't have to update, b) I don't have to trust a network of maintainers to keep secure, c) I don't have to work around integration issues between packages and versions and, d) isn't bloated with code I'll never use.
The only code I have is the code I need and it works exactly how I want it to.
Not to mention I'm not locked into hosting, ever changing tech stacks or anything else.
Before letting your LLM of choice default to nextjs the next time you start a project, it's worth trying to go zero-dependency and see how far you can get. I'm liking it so far!
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