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by 525 4184 days ago
That being said, be careful to not make it too difficult to use.

Configurable is good, as long as there are sensible defaults that just work.

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IMO good-defaults will emit text people could reliably parse/interpret/transform with other tools.

This helps keep the project simple and focused, since users with specialized needs don't need to ask you for specialized features.