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It is hideous now!

It's not about being hideous, it's about being useless.

Your code is useless to anyone that wants to contribute, or maybe make something better by improving on the idea.

Coworker: “hey if you have a second, I have a one-liner PR open”

The PR:

You might have misunderstood the purpose of this.

it’s minification, not obfuscation. the whole point of the engine is its small footprint