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I have this turned on in my code editors and Obsidian. The main advantage is reducing the cognitive load. You don’t have to double-check whether you remembered to close your string, bracket, or parenthesis — it’s just there.


The cognitive load of typing two quotes? Golly. That term is starting to take on "whatever" meaning, apparently.


The cognitive load of keeping track of all the open delimiters.

In my perceived experience, every time a delimiter is opened, it automatically closes, allowing you to move away from it without thinking.

Even in places where this is not available (Slack, comment boxes, etc.), I close the delimiter as soon as I open it


You don't have to anyway, a syntax error will show up on your screen pretty much immediately.


Which I'd like to avoid as early as possible




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