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		yeasku 27 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Formatting code should be unnecessary Kind of a stupid take if you ever plan on sharing your code or using git.

kesor 27 days ago [–]

Is it? When every developer has an IDE that can easily format the code in whichever the way they prefer, and minify it back just before pushing a commit.

MaxLeiter 27 days ago | | [–]

No reason websites couldn’t let you choose how to view it like editors, either

yeasku 27 days ago | | [–]

The world is not javascript.

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