I think some people are missing the joke here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Npm_left-pad_incident

Subtlety in a joke is a beautiful art. BUT AT WHAT COST.

People who were in high school in 2016 and therefore not being aware of leftpad are currently in their 6th year of their career if they went directly to college and then a job.

Tech doesn't teach it's own history in a useful way, so we keep repeating it too.