No Compromises

Should you ever hand-format code?


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Ever feel like you're wasting your time tweaking a section of code to get it just right? We have tools for that, don't we?
 
In the latest episode of the No Compromises podcast, we discuss when to trust auto-formatters and when to nudge code by hand.

Aaron makes the case that a few mindful minutes of “prettying up” can unblock harder thinking, without surrendering judgment to tools.

We set limits on this approach, share a tiered break strategy, and make it clear why you still own what the formatter changes.

  • (00:00) - Auto-formatters vs subjective style choices
  • (01:15) - Edge cases tools miss and human tweaks
  • (03:15) - Using light formatting to unlock hard problems
  • (05:15) - A tiered break strategy for focus
  • (07:00) - Silly bit

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    No CompromisesBy Joel Clermont and Aaron Saray

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