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   Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 13-Dec-2025 05:52:35 JST Ryan Castellucci (they/them) :nonbinary_flag:

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   • John Ripley

   @jripley I've ended up setting my editor to tint columns 80 and 100, but I'll allow myself to go a few characters over if I need to. 120 is a sensible limit.

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     John Ripley (jripley@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Dec-2025 05:52:36 JST John Ripley

     I’m very much in *favor* of line length limits in code. Personally, I still use 80. This isn’t some “stuck” thing—holding on to obsolete tech–the 80 character width was in fact chosen, way back, for readability reasons. (I’ll have to find citations but I remember this) I might be convinced to use 100 or 120, but there must at least be a limit.

     The rationale is code readability, especially in the context of safety. If you cannot see all the code for the context you’re auditing, it is not safe.