Manuel Meyer
Jul 31, 2022

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Programming languages are the human interface in the process of creating apps.

Instead of enforcing strict style that seem to aim to pleasing a robot we should use principles of Typography, the art of layoutung text to achieve more harmony and make it easier for our eyes and brains to consume the code. Just as we do for all other texts over the LAST 6000 YEARS.

Our codes are less readable to ourselves than a cuneiform tablet would be to it's reader 2500BCE.

BTW: the compiler — the entity we write our codes for — couldnt care less for your styles.the formatting literally is the first thing that vanishes during compile time.

Layout your codes for humans — not the machine.

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Manuel Meyer
Manuel Meyer

Written by Manuel Meyer

Freelance Software Developer and Code Strategist.

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