I think that was smokeyj's point... the left-pad module is not going to have a "backdoor". nv-vn was creating a bit of a straw man, as no example or particular scenario in this article involved crypto.
No, I disagree with smokeyj drawing a false parallel to encryption to try to justify why you should use an external dependency for 12 lines of code -- because "you should never roll your own crypto" is not applicable here.
Riiiight. Because cryptography is identical to an 12-line string padding function.
I think that was smokeyj's point... the left-pad module is not going to have a "backdoor". nv-vn was creating a bit of a straw man, as no example or particular scenario in this article involved crypto.
No, I disagree with smokeyj drawing a false parallel to encryption to try to justify why you should use an external dependency for 12 lines of code -- because "you should never roll your own crypto" is not applicable here.
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