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The rule there is that it doesn't matter how many style guides you have or tools to auto-style your thing or whatnot people will still find something to nitpick
by YZF 1y ago
The rule there is that it doesn't matter how many style guides you have or tools to auto-style your thing or whatnot people will still find something to nitpick and argue about.
If the Convention Manual says all sheds shall be green they'll argue about what shade of green. If it says it should be Magellan Green they'll argue about whether it should be clear coated and what grit should be used to prepare the surface. It never ends. They'll argue about whether the window frames should be the same color etc.
- mullingitover 1y agoAnd per Sayre's Law[1] the more inconsequential the decision, the more intense the argument will be. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayre%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayre%27s_law
- kazinator 1y agoThat's why academic politics /is/ so bitter, not /are/, god damn it! :)
- MichaelZuo 1y agoNot if the bike shed style guide is substantial enough to contains every possible detail that a human being can possibly ever observe. Of course that can only work in a perfect world where spending millions of man hours compiling the ultimate bike shed style guide makes sense.