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[–] savedbythezsh@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

I feel the same way. Designing good, opinionated APIs is HARD, but it also provides the best experience for both the author and the consumer.

  • Prettier is the undisputed king of JS formatters because it has no options by design. You set and forget.
  • One of the reasons iOS is so successful is because they lock down their APIs and put strict standards on apps, making it hard to write something that doesn't at least look good and slot into the OS well.

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