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(How to trigger programmers (and make them irrationally angry) (programming.dev)

submitted 10 months ago by potoo22@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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Probably not a good title to seek upvotes. If it does get upvotes, more programmers get share in your pain 😅

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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 56 points 10 months ago (12 children)

Figure out if they prefer spaces or tabs, insist on the other.

Please note this won't work on Pythonistas as they've already had their spirit thoroughly broken.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I feel like this is a debate that doesn't exist - 4 spaces bound to tab is the only actual answer.

[–] brian@programming.dev 10 points 10 months ago

most things seem to have settled on this, but tabs are so much better for accessibility. programmers with bad vision can have trouble differentiating smaller indentation levels, while some of them just bump the font size up so high that 4 spaces takes up too much screen space. each one can set a tab width that is comfortable for them. https://alexandersandberg.com/articles/default-to-tabs-instead-of-spaces-for-an-accessible-first-environment/ has some good arguments

with a forced formatter and a configured editor there really isn't any argument for spaces

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