@heydon Strongly agree.

@heydon Yeah, it sucks. Aesthetics getting in the way, hindering legibility (and sigh, I'll say it, productivity), making you second guess what the hell you're looking at.

@heydon took me 0.4 sec to switch away from ligatures after giving them a look

@heydon butterick concurs https://practicaltypography.com/ligatures-in-programming-fonts-hell-no.html

@heydon triple equals have three lines in Fira Code, the one I use.

But even with that, I understand this is a matter of personal preference.