Three Spaces Of Formatting Chaos

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A dark-themed code editor shows a `.prettierrc` file with a breadcrumb-like header reading ".prettierrc > # tabWidth". The visible JSON-like configuration spans three lines: line 1 has `{`, line 2 has `"tabWidth": 3`, and line 3 has `}`. The humor is that Prettier and similar formatters are meant to end style arguments, but setting indentation to three spaces creates a new kind of formatting provocation between the usual two-space and four-space camps. It is a compact joke about configuration, code style enforcement, and developer tribalism over whitespace.

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CodeFormatting ConfigurationFile TabsVsSpacesDebate CodeStyleGuides DeveloperTooling CodingStandards Tooling DeveloperPreferences CodeReadability Json LintingRules ConfigurationManagement DeveloperTribalism JavaScriptEcosystem

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick Two-space and four-space teams spent years arguing, then someone shipped an odd number and invalidated the whole RFC.

Anonymous ★ Top Pick

Two-space and four-space teams spent years arguing, then someone shipped an odd number and invalidated the whole RFC.
@melanzan 5y

bruh..
1. @frayxrulez 5y
  
  piedini
@RiedleroD 5y

only a monster would do this
@Mazmiy 5y

What a fu**?
@TERASKULL 5y

It's not a bug, but a feature
1. @Bender666 5y
  
  How those posts are made? First text and after that a photo?
  
  @TERASKULL 5y
  
  afaik the images are actually links with image previews.
  
  @Bender666 5y
  
  Thank you for explanation.
@HolyReaper 5y

I wish someday I can make kind of tabWidth = 3.5 :D
1. @ipaal 5y
  
  3.9*
2. @mikpskov 5y
  
  or 3.49999999999
@sharp_mechanix 5y

That was the guy who started on Pascal
@skiqqy 5y

No
@sharp_mechanix 5y

As far as i can remember, there was a convention to use 3 spaces as indentation
1. @AmindaEU 5y
  
  Where is 3 used? I remember only seeing 2 and 4 around
  
  @sharp_mechanix 5y
  
  In Pascal/Delphi I don't code on those, but started from Pascal back in the day
  
  @AmindaEU 5y
  
  Thanks :)
  
  @sharp_mechanix 5y
  
  I may be wrong though, you better double-check
@Daler_XYZ 5y

It's a Web?
@sharp_mechanix 5y

And what I saw there is three spaces indentation
@evilyach 5y

Dank
@UQuark 5y

You're wrong
1. @AmindaEU 5y
  
  How does one become a psychopath then? I am not sure if I want to though
@UQuark 5y

Delphi has 3 spaces indentation
@BigBlackMobile 5y

Fuck you, leather man
@sunnydaily 5y

buddy you entered the wrong door
@sunnydaily 5y

russian community is two chats down
@BigBlackMobile 5y

Fisting for 300$

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Three Spaces Of Formatting Chaos

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