this pops up on my feed again just as i was thinking about how good code documentation avoids indexicality as much as possible. don't say "it", repeat the damn name of the thing.https://twitter.com/literalbanana/status/1222019385834950656 …
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you are building structures for your reader. reading to build internal structures requires a lot of effort. don't overtax your reader, don't make your reader "dereference pointers" to each stone and pillar.
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write tweets like technical docs write essays like technical docs
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Replying to @qorprate
it’s funny because reading actual garfinkel you’re constantly having to go back many lines to figure out what he meant by a pronoun
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