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Emojis are fine in text messages and IM/Slack. I don't think its a good idea to use Emojis in technical documentation, terminal cli apps, package managers (I'm
by systemvoltage 5y ago
Emojis are fine in text messages and IM/Slack. I don't think its a good idea to use Emojis in technical documentation, terminal cli apps, package managers (I'm looking at you npm), long form articles, PRs and code reviews, etc. I just find them distracting since they stand out strongly in a block of text - eyes instantly gravitate to colorful emojis in a rather smooth flow of text.
- dnautics 5y agoThere's some emojis I don't mind in prs, like rocketship for deploy and the worm for bug fixes
- systemvoltage 5y agohaha, that rocketship is forever associated with r/wallstreetbets and "To the moon" meme for me.
- justshowpost 5y agoWell, investors were always referring to the steep, high momentum upward trend as a rocket..
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- ykat7 5y ago> I don't think its a good idea to use Emojis in technical documentation, terminal cli apps, package managers (I'm looking at you npm), long form articles, PRs and code reviews, etc. Completely agree. I also find emoji in commit messages [1] to be far more ambiguous than their text equivalents. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21760021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21760021