Ignoring my previous beef with PVS-Studio and the crappy AI-generated image…

I think the post is not entirely on the wrong track — dependencies can get pretty ridiculous, but some of the points he (or the AI?) makes are bizarre. I mean, recommending WinAPI over something “non-portable”? I guess there’s always Wine, but I am genuinely curious about what crappy libraries he’s using that are less portable than WinAPI. Also, you could argue most of the points he makes apply to code whether it’s a library or not (for example, compiler compatibility and vulnerability patching). The best point he makes is the one about potential license changes, but even then, the example he gives is softfloat, which went from a hand-written permissive license to BSD, which if anything, made it more permissive.

My best guess is either it’s a crappy AI-written article or his points only apply to whatever niche he specializes in.