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> It's only natural to use the stuff that is out there

Sure, if your entire "community" lives and dies by a nonsensical "don't reinvent the wheel, there is a package for that" chant that would rival the most fervent cult members.

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That is quite literally the most persistent cargo cult in the entire computing industry. It's the rule, not the exception. Pretty much every community is guilty of it.

Which other community imports a third party package rather than writing `% 2 === 0` (or it's equivalent) code to test if a number is even or not?

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