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Why I hate linting
Just because it's technically possible, does that me we need it?
Imagine that you've got a magic box that can translate whatever people say and normalize so it's always the same. Would we use it? Many of the same arguments for linting could be used here
It makes us lazy. If we've got static analysis that tells us something about our code style, we don't put as much effort into reading it. But WE SHOULD.
But doesn't this prevent super bad code from getting submitted? Dr. Olsons reach over and smack them principle.
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