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by leetrout 2343 days ago
A coworker from a previous job said something along the lines of “How much work is getting done by teams debating tabs vs spaces?”

And it was in context of the decision being important but once it’s made just go write code and ship a product.

One of the many reasons I immediately fell in love with Go.

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A coworker from a previous job said something along the lines of “How much work is getting done by teams debating tabs vs spaces?”

That's a good question, but having agreed that such debates don't contribute much, you've got two ways to go: either enforce a standard, or "live and let live" (perhaps supported by strong-ish module ownership). I think it's unfortunate that the "live and let live" option seems to have largely fallen by the wayside over the past few years.