[elteto]

I don’t see how using tooling prevents you from learning core principles. As in, what _core_ principle am I missing on because I don’t manually indent my braces? Note that this conversation is about _style_.

The zeitgeist re style is very much “don’t fret too much about it, use an automated tool and move on”.

Compared to the flame wars of the past about tabs vs spaces and other inconsequential things we’ve come a long way, and for good.

[mattgreenrocks]

It doesn’t. But my snark comes from the fact that we seem to talk even less than before about actual engineering and more about the tools of software.

[yau8edq12i]

It's your choice to talk about something else. Nobody put a gun to your head - I hope - and forced you to read this story and comment on it.

[Terr_]

> talk even less than before about actual engineering and more about the tools

Isn't that just a consequence of how much--or little--context is shared with (or easily-communicable-to) Random Strangers On The Internet?

For example, I've got some architectural issues going on, but it's a lot of work just to summarize it in a way that doesn't require local/domain knowledge. In contrast, talking about the weather or tabs-vs-spaces doesn't need much set-up.

[empath-nirvana]

that's also engineering.