This person on reddit apparently suggested it back in 2013: https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/7oljbe/xpost_rjavascript_today_is_leftpad_20/dsaj03y/ https

This person on reddit apparently suggested it back in 2013: https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/7oljbe/xpost_rjavascript_today_is_leftpad_20/dsaj03y/ https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/7oljbe/xpost_rjavas... Relevant excerpt: > I proposed required namespaces (@user/package) as a requirement in 2013 and the npm developers acted like I had 2 heads.