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Work · June 21, 2024

Nestless Code

VSCode extension to help you avoid the Pyramid of Doom

Nestless Code launched on June 21, 2024 with 151 votes, #333 of 4,672 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.

What it does

As you indent the code deeper, the font size gets smaller and more transparent.

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