I agree, left-pad was a mess, but while the huge amount of dependencies is the thing people most complain about, is it actually unique to Javascript? Looking a

I agree, left-pad was a mess, but while the huge amount of dependencies is the thing people most complain about, is it actually unique to Javascript? Looking at the Gemfile for this project, it seems like you're also going to have to install hundreds of gems if you want to get this up and running.