Space Hoisting: Should I use the padding Modifier or the Spacer composable?

🤔 The padding Modifier and the Spacer composable are both valid ways of adding space to a component. Surely, this must be a mistake. Why else would Jetpack Compose expose two ways of doing the same thing?

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