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The Bridgekeeper’s Final Question

“What… is your preferred linter configuration?”

A developer steps forward and opens their .eslintrc.json. It’s 200 lines long. There are 47 plugins. There’s a prettier override inside an overrides array inside a rules object. The Bridgekeeper’s eye twitches.

Into the Gorge.

The next developer says: “Deno. Built-in linter, built-in formatter. Zero config.”

The Bridgekeeper has no follow-up questions. The developer crosses.

The Bridgekeeper mutters something about how this job used to be harder, and retires.