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POV: You maintain a JS library that 80% of modern web infrastructure uses as a dependency.
(lemmy.blahaj.zone)
this post was submitted on 14 Feb 2026
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Pretty sure that math.random is decades old.
Pretty sure OP’s image is hyperbole.
Right. I'd agree this is a thing that happens, I just thought you were addressing this one in particular
Pretty sure many codebases running today (even JS ones) are older
Math.random() was always in the spec: https://ecma-international.org/wp-content/uploads/ECMA-262_1st_edition_june_1997.pdf
Remember IE? Yeah. Probably responsible for a lot of now-superfluous things like this theory suggests.
Gotta admit, didn't think it was that old
And? I don't know how to check but I'd guess math.random was included from the beginning.