Yes, "Bob's bcrypt lib" is safer (apart from some serious mistake or compromise, which are not rare) than hashing your passwords with a rock-solid sha1 library.
"But being from a known implementation should not be the only factor you consider otherwise you're just cargo culting"
Of course
In the same way some people blindly answer "use bcrypt" to any mention of password hashing.
"But being from a known implementation should not be the only factor you consider otherwise you're just cargo culting"
Of course
In the same way some people blindly answer "use bcrypt" to any mention of password hashing.