Sure. I'm certain that there are competent developers who are aware of KDFs but still ask for salting for the reason you described. The problem I perceive is t

Sure. I'm certain that there are competent developers who are aware of KDFs but still ask for salting for the reason you described. The problem I perceive is that other developers learn from this question. They falsely learn that salting is the best practice answer, when it is not.