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[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

smh, could have used the short form ()=>{ instead of function ๐Ÿ˜ค

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

I've been coding long enough that I still think of that as a fairly new thing in JS.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Someone's handed me nested base-64 encoded JSON before and to this day I am moderately annoyed at them.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I WILL NOT USE ANOTHER LINE. I DON'T NEED IT

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

The best code has the fewest lines.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

In German we say "doppelt hรคlt besser". Is there an English saying like that? "Twice is stronger/more stable/holds better."

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Why settle on cammel case ("saveGame") or upper cammel case ("SaveGame") when you can have one of each?