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This is so true tho

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[-] engagewithzorp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

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

[-] nomecks@lemmy.wtf 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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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