Tabs are objectively better than spaces

Tabs are controlled by the renderer and can look wholly different per IDE&#x2F;notepad<p>Monospace spaces are consistent across every machine<p>While the fight over &quot;how many spaces&quot; can be tricky, at least the code looks consistent once a standard is found

I have always loved tabs, but the general consensus and insistence that Spaces are the Way(tm) has made me switch begrudgingly because I want to be a good team player.<p>I love that I can set tabs to a certain size and it all just works. Nowadays I have to use an editor that already has spaces in mind just to edit. I used to be able to edit code in Notepad, but with some codebases using 2 spaces, or 4 spaces... I&#x27;ve even seen some with 8 (!!).. I have to use an editor that understands spaces = tabs (VS Code, for example).<p>There are days when I want to switch sizes, just because of my little neurodivergent brain.<p>I&#x27;d love to hear why spaces became the dominant form of indenting code. Does anyone know the history?

I have ADHD and letting ppl define how much indent they have equals to not having a standard. Some will choose 3 and you will curse them for life. 4 spaces is the only way, rest sbould be burnt in hell.

Betamax was also objectively better than VHS.<p>There is added value to collectively agreeing on one format. I think that added value can easily outperform the technical merits of a specific format.

For python, I&#x27;d say spaces are objectively better than tabs.

Use an autoformatter with formatting rules defined and committed with the code so your team never has to argue about code style again. It shouldn&#x27;t even be possible for that to come up in code review since it should be an automated check.