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simonhtoday at 10:31 AM1 replyview on HN

It could be that in a competitive context fussing with formatting would cost precious seconds. Great general tip for us mortals though.


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mmoosstoday at 5:34 PM

Imagine a coding competition: Would you forgo newlines and write everything on one long line? Would that save time?

Perfect style guide format does consume time, but pressing Alt+Enter a few times would seem to reduce errors at essentially no cost.