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Re:Devs unknowingly use “malicious” modules snuck into offic... by Babooster on Monday September 18, 2017 @09:10AM (#15275499)
http://www.haneycodes.net/npm-left-pad-have-we-forgotten-how...

is a nice article on the subject of left-pad. If you can't implement a left-pad in less than 5 minutes yourself, you don't know how to code.

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Re:Devs unknowingly use “malicious” modules snuck into offic... by Ajedi32 on Monday September 18, 2017 @09:34AM (#15275750)
Just because you _can_ spend 5 minutes re-inventing the wheel in every project you write, doesn't mean you _should_.
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