It is SO STUPID that spaces are widely preferred for indentation in code.

For the past, I don’t know, two hours I’ve been trying to fix YAML formatting issues that could have been fixed without any human intervention if only tabs were used. (It’s a big file, hence the duration.) (I know YAML doesn’t support tabs. That’s kind of my point.)

I even reluctantly asked Gemini (forced upon me by work; I was hoping it would change my mind in this case) why anyone would prefer spaces. It said the same irrelevant thing most people say: because some tools don’t support tabs properly.

Know what that sounds like to me? A problem with the fucking tool.

I don’t know if this is the right place to post this, but I can’t think of a better option.

  • hoshikarakitaridia
    75·
    4 days ago

    Python nerd here, willing to fight.

    Easy language, simple script, faster learning, faster writing, better person, superior language.

    Also currently trying to write english as concise as Python to ration my brainpower, you can thank my huge brain later when I do epic things like saving the world with whitespace delimiters.