The latest articles on DEV Community by segfault.elf (@segfaultelf). https://dev.to/segfaultelf https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3974763%2F569b0fa4-5cc0-4e1d-b68d-de680fbeb731.jpeg https://dev.to/segfaultelf en segfault.elf Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:10:07 +0000 https://dev.to/segfaultelf/devlog-day-1-paddery-e90 https://dev.to/segfaultelf/devlog-day-1-paddery-e90 <p>So, I needed to pad some strings for a project I was working on, and I remembered left-pad. Thing is, it only pads to the left.... I needed more features, including: padding to the right, padding to the left and right at the same time with the same character(s) (did I mention it can pad strings too instead of singular characters??), pad in both directions independently in one line of code. That's why I wrote paddery: to fix what I think is broken. Yes, I know, a lot of other padding tools exist, but I couldn't fathom how cool having an NPM package would be and how easy it was to code. Personally, I'm going to take the Linus approach: if someone down the line makes a padder library that's better than mine, I will stop development and use that. Sure, the community will and can maintain it after I stop development, but I personally am going to move to the better package. But until then, you and I can use this wonderful package.</p> <p>Anyways, with that out of the way, I built it in an afternoon! Not to say it's anything crazy, but I genuinely needed a quick fix and that's exactly what I got! I'm sharing it with you guys so you can use it too and help me improve it:<br> GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/segfault-elf/paddery" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/segfault-elf/paddery</a><br> NPM: paddery</p> <ul> <li>segfault.elf</li> </ul> javascript npm devlog