You might be surprised at the quality of the output (obviously I'm biased). We've tried to choose what most people consider to be the best way to style code, an

You might be surprised at the quality of the output (obviously I'm biased). We've tried to choose what most people consider to be the best way to style code, and many times prettier ends up formatting complex code better than I would have manually. Also, the biggest benefit that a lot of people don't realize is it allows you to quickly restructure your code easily: http://jlongster.com/s/refactor.gif http://jlongster.com/s/refactor.gif I understand if the way prettier formats your code is not the way you would like, and is more of a hindrance than helpful. But I hope the above gif shows why it is freeing for a lot of people. Also, note that prettier does keep the original blank lines in your code. That's where most of the rhythm comes from, and we allows authors to group code however they want. The rest of it is basically choosing whether to insert a space here or there or not. I respect your work, antirez, and I hope you at least try it once! It's totally fine if it's not useful for you though.