This Is Not a Story About AI Replacing Libraries
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AI is used to replace a popular React chart Gantt component by reading its repo, issues and code and then generating a custom component that initially looks perfect and matches design, but ownership reveals hidden costs: 500 open issues on the original repo map to support edge cases like timezones and accessibility, security and performance gaps appear, NPM usage actually rises (often a fourfold npm downloads bump), and one team rewrote Next.js with AI and saved hundreds of thousands.
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