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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't you find capitalisation help to define sentences? It's much easier to read, particularly at speed.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

personally, no i don’t. perhaps it’s because i skim a lot of code and im just used to it? i’m not sure, but honest truth i find capitals mostly redundant. perhaps useful to add context (names, acronyms, etc)… i add them for uncommon acronyms, but common things that people know i tend to skip too

you can say it’s lazy, and i’ll absolutely take that: it’s totally lazy… but there’s no weird effort or external image decision involved in it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's just an extra convention to help communication. But I don't buy your lazy argument because:-

  • it is often performed automatically

and

  • you take the time and effort to enhance your communications with punctuation and paragraphs.