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AI · April 1, 2020

Left Pad

Revolutionary API that pads strings to the left.

Left Pad launched on April 1, 2020 with 6 votes, #1,581 of 5,003 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

What it does

With this SaaS product, our team was so focused on simplicity that we almost forgot to add functionality.

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