Scott and Wes sit down with Vjeux from Meta to dive deep into the origins and evolution of Prettier, the widelyused code formatter. They discuss the challenges faced, the decisionmaking process behind its features, and what the future holds for this indispensable tool in the developer's toolkit.

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Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
01:45 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
02:19 New swag!
03:25 Who is Vjeux?
06:56 Is management the key to successful projects?
08:50 The genesis of Prettier.
12:08 Why other JS formatters didn't work.
16:56 Focusing on edgecases.
17:41 The goal for Prettier.
18:31 Next step, integrations.
19:37 Should you run Prettier on save or commit?
21:34 Does Prettier's limitations lead to higher adoption?
25:01 What was the most controversial default setting?
28:14 Does Facebook use semicolons?
29:18 Getting approval to devote 6 months to Prettier.
31:42 Working with Mark Zuckerberg.
32:43 Was there ever consideration to augment ESLint instead?
35:34 What are your thoughts on the Rustbased alternatives?
36:44 Prettier's $10,000 bounty.
39:32 What is the future of Prettier?
44:54 Prettier is available in almost every language.
47:59 Advice for other opensource maintainers.
53:26 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs.

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