Open Source and Dependency: Who Actually Owns Your Digital Foundation?
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Modern software is like a Lego castle. You don't make the bricks yourself; you use existing blocks (libraries/packages). This is efficient, but it creates a risk: Dependency.
Open source does not make you a user but the owner of your source code.
Dependency is not caused by the license, but by who holds the key.
This is a claim, not a measurement. The strike-through and underline are the same marking the renvooi service uses to show a change in law.
The House of Cards
Many modern web applications consist of 90% external code.
- React for the interface
- Lodash for logic
- Thousands of small packages for everything and anything If one of those packages stops being maintained, or worse, gets hacked, your entire application is at risk. You are building on someone else's land.
Our Philosophy: Minimal Dependencies
At Elk Solutions, we are critical of what we bring in.
- Standard over Framework: We prefer standard HTML/CSS/JS over heavy frameworks that change every year.
- Audit & Control: We check the code we use.
- Self-Contained: We build software that can run in isolation, without constantly "phoning home" or depending on external cloud services.
True Ownership
When we deliver software, it is yours. It runs on your server (or a server we manage for you), but you are not dependent on a vague cloud subscription or a developer in Silicon Valley.
Open source is a tool, not a crutch. We use it to build, not to make ourselves dependent.