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SanPilot on April 15, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Kite – Programming Copilot

> Left padding is so complicated that I've pulled it out into its own file, as you can see here.

Am I just really ignorant, or is this satire?

rckrd on April 15, 2016 | [–]

Its satire directed towards the recent npm package fiasco (there was a 'leftpad' library by the original author who pulled his packages)[0].

The authors make a few other witty jokes in the video as well.

[0]http://blog.npmjs.org/post/141577284765/kik-left-pad-and-npm

yepthatsreality on April 15, 2016 | [–]

Definitely satire.

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