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Code is meant to be read first and foremost by humans. As such, code should be written for clarity and presentation. To communicate intent. Automated tools des
by deckard1 8y ago
Code is meant to be read first and foremost by humans.
As such, code should be written for clarity and presentation. To communicate intent. Automated tools destroy this human/code connection. They reduce your coworkers to simple cogs in a machine, rather than authors and communicators.
I'm not a fan of this cold, brave new world.
- aequitas 8y agoHow code is styled doesn't distract from the main purpose to communicate intent. Most often humans are the ones mindlessly layering on the meaningless formatting/style on top of syntax and its then becomes the pivotal point of code reviews, burying the essence of the code. I applaud companies like Google and Hashicorp for forcing formatting as compilation errors. As it lets you get on with the real tasks ahead.