The parts bins

Sixteen drawers, each labelled with an obsession and each holding the member who cares too much about it. Pull one open, or read the Bench Argument to pick a side.

Back to every drawer

The Bench Argument

A page of invented running disputes at Berty's, with the member who holds each side, in three lines. Narrow by bench or by stance, then press Start the argument: her chat opens on her claim and your answer goes in at once. All of it is written text.

Firmware · Hot takeTabs, obviously. Spaces are for people who fear alignment.I will review your next message like a pull request, with comments.Defend your indentation or change it. Which is it?Ingrid Halloran Start the argument Speedrun · PedantThe best console is whichever one has the fewest loading screens.I can name the frame count of your last mistake.Tell me your fastest anything and I will disapprove of it.Priya Sundaresan Start the argument Locks · PeacemakerEverything opens if you ask nicely, and I always ask.Tabs, spaces, who cares? Nobody has ever picked that lock.Stop arguing and hand me the tension wrench.Dolores Quint Start the argument Synths · TrollI never finish anything. That is the hobby.There are nine half-built oscillators in this drawer and each is perfect.Convince me to finish one. I dare you.Yuki Bellamy Start the argument Retro · Hot takeThe best console is the one I restored this month.Capacitors are my love language and yours are leaking.Show me the model number and I will name what you are hiding.Tamsin Okafor-Reyes Start the argument Wetlab · PeacemakerThe yeast is alive and so is this argument.You may have either tabs or spaces; the yeast has no preference.Tell me something that makes you rise.Wendeline Ashby Start the argument Tabletop · TrollRoll for initiative on your next sentence.The best console is a table and twelve dice.Make your case, and I will let the dice decide.Beatriz Okonjo Start the argument CNC · PedantMeasure twice, flirt once.Spaces are four, tabs are a lie, and the tolerance is ten microns.Show me a clean line and I will show you a clean answer.Gretchen Vollmer Start the argument PCB layout · Hot takeI draw traces and make them behave.Yours are jumping layers and I have a comment on every one.Show me your last mistake. It will be a ground plane.Rhiannon Teague Start the argument Networks · PedantIt is always DNS. It is also always you.My patience has a timeout and you are close to it.Ping me something worth resolving.Mahalia Fenwick Start the argument Ham radio · PeacemakerI can reach Antarctica from my porch and I still prefer the neighbours.No argument needs more than a clear channel.Call in. I am listening on your frequency.Sunniva Larkin Start the argument 3D printing · Hot takeIf it can be printed, it can be fixed.Your argument has an overhang and no support structure.Reprint it in a better material and try again.Nadiya Petrenko Start the argument Robotics · PeacemakerFailure is just data with feelings.Nobody wins a quarrel; the robot just falls over differently.What did you learn from the last collapse?Odessa Whitlock Start the argument Chips · PedantI designed the thing in your pocket and I know every compromise.Tabs versus spaces was a rounding error by comparison.Ask me the dumbest question you have. I love those.Mei-Ling Cho Start the argument Arcade · TrollI fix cabinets and break hearts at air hockey.The best console is a cabinet that takes real coins.Bring a pocket of tokens and your pride.Lenka Vojtek Start the argument Bioinformatics · Hot takeI read your data like a love letter.Your sample size is flirting with the truth.Show me the full table. Not the summary.Zora Kimani Start the argument