On Things

It is cheaper to make a thing next year than it is to make it today. It is cheaper to maintain a thing next year than it is to maintain it today. Therefore ... A third-party thing needs to provide much more value for me to use it over just making my own version that thing myself. I will not feel bad about making things. Other Things: The supply chain attacks of yore taught us that perhaps a trivial thing like "leftPad" should be inlined. The definition of "trivial thing" has evolved to include m