even devs who’ve worked for 10+ years make dumb mistakes every so, so often.

there, I fixed it for you

I’ve also found it very helpful with configuration files. It tells me how someone familiar with the tool would expect it to work. I’ve found it’s rarely right, but it can get me to something reasonable and then I can drill into why it doesn’t work.

Unfortunately they’re aware of the possibility and aren’t willing to risk that.

Any ides have support for this? I feel like I’ve been waiting forever.

Your ide should align things how you configure them to be aligned. Nothing says all my tabs need to be the same length.