Why don't more developers “use the platform”?

Read the Tea Leaves · 1 week ago · 7

The article argues that developers do not consistently follow the “use the platform” guidance because history, familiarity with packages, documentation patterns, and personal enjoyment of building custom solutions all make rolling your own feel more practical or rewarding. It cites that Safari’s browser update cadence is about 7 times per year. It predicts AI coding could both reduce userland code by steering toward platform APIs and increase duplicated, over-engineered code if agents skip existing helpers and rely on first drafts.