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submitted 3 months ago by AnxiousMiisha@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] engagewithzorp@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

That's what I meant. I phrased it badly, i meant to ask if it was about Linux or something else

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[–] nomecks@lemmy.wtf 3 points 3 months ago*

It was leftpad. A stupid little function that was used by like 90% of the internet, and it crashed everything during a name dispute.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Npm_left-pad_incident

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