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> The problem is that style matters and therefore those debates matter. Does it? IME/O, styling only matters up until the point that it is consistent and reaso
by digging 3y ago
> The problem is that style matters and therefore those debates matter.
Does it? IME/O, styling only matters up until the point that it is consistent and reasonable. And I'm saying this as someone who used to want to debate and micromanage a lot of formatting standards in my projects. Ego is removed from the equation (unless you're the one trying to introduce Prettier to a reluctant team), and without ego, the debates no longer seem very important.
- adam_arthur 3y agoIs 6pt font easier to read than 12pt font? Are all style choices equivalent from first principles? No, not really. Many of the decisions prettier makes are quite objectively bad for readability from first principles (e.g. breaking up lines where the RHS isn't relevant to most readers, left shifting RHS of assignments when the implementation details are less important than the abstraction over them). I am totally in favor of a universal formatter, but at least justify the design decisions being made. Prettier formatting choices are often very lackluster and hard to defend objectively. It will be replaced by something better eventually