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		beej71 on Jan 24, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Build It Yourself Remember leftpad! :) "Every dependency is an asset. Every dependency is a liability." It's a balance.

pdimitar on Jan 26, 2025 [–]

Rust is nowhere near the craziness of left-pad and it saddens me to see how many "I agree" comments I've read in this thread with zero accounting for nuance.

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