[mewpmewp2]

These days with LLMs, doing leftPad yourself is incredibly easy, I would just do that.

[VonGallifrey]

With LLMs? I don't think something like leftPad was every difficult to create.

[mewpmewp2]

Well if you think about it then yes, but thinking and making sure is a waste of energy and time. Also typing the boilerplate.

This energy could be spent elsewhere.

Like similarly it is not that hard to pick clothes for the day, but it is much easier if you always have the same clothes easily available and can move on with your day.