How Far Should You Indent Your Code? - The Number Of The Counting
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Clear claim: three spaces is the sweet spot between common two and four indent styles. Evidence includes a quick team vote that split two vs four, then adopted three; a visual comparison of code snippets; and a note about the Linux kernel anomaly forcing eight to discourage deep nesting. The argument cites a cultural reference (Monty Python counting) as historical reinforcement rather than empirical proof, and presents this as a pragmatic compromise that actually got adopted.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:26Who is Dave
- 0:57How to maximize readability
- 1:22The most crucial decision
- 2:07Indenting by 1
- 3:28Linux kernel anomaly
- 3:54The hole in the middle
- 4:17Jason Turners code
- 5:19Monty Python
