The reason this exists is due to a lack of leadership in the front end space. More specifically, a need to hire untrained entry level developers and deliberately not train them whether due to insecurity elsewhere and a complete inability to write documentation.
> If everyone did what you are suggesting you would find multiple instances of leftpad.
It was about 8 lines of code a child could write that you probably don’t need in the first place.
The problem is Invented Here syndrome and coddling. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invented_here
The reason this exists is due to a lack of leadership in the front end space. More specifically, a need to hire untrained entry level developers and deliberately not train them whether due to insecurity elsewhere and a complete inability to write documentation.
> If everyone did what you are suggesting you would find multiple instances of leftpad.
It was about 8 lines of code a child could write that you probably don’t need in the first place.