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by xpe 277 days ago
> Yeah in theory people can do a better job than auto-formatters. In practice they absolutely do not, so that argument is moot.

Status quo fallacy alert. Arguments are not forever mired in a current state of affairs. People can learn and can build tools to help them do better.

This could change quickly; e.g. if Claude or GitHub or (Your Team) decide to prioritize how source code looks.