lint-kindly
A linter that phrases errors like a kind senior dev — same rules, much nicer words.
- YEAR
- 2022
- ROLE
- Author
01 — THE ITCH
Linter messages can read like a disappointed teacher. Juniors on my team were quietly scared of the CI output.
02 — WHAT WE BUILT
A wrapper that rewrites common lint errors into friendly explanations, with a short why and an example fix.
It started as a joke in a team chat and became the most-starred thing I've written.
03 — WHAT I LEARNED
- Tone is part of the developer experience.
- Explaining why beats telling what.
- Jokes in team chats make surprisingly good roadmaps.