So according to Bix, the preferred tab size is 2 spaces. I totally agree. I think that has something to do with something Claude Shannon said about information entropy. My hypothesis is 1 space is difficult to read and anything bigger than 2 is a waste of space. Efficiency of information FTW!
Tim Trueman is an engineer living in San Francisco. He commutes to the orbiting HQ of Fluther (using the Python antigravity library). He also hosts a podcast on amateur autonomous unmanned aircraft with Chris Anderson.