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Re:The Cult of Best Practice by iandev on Monday February 01, 2021 @01:25PM (#25991597)
I can't say that I agree with everything in the article, but "The Way Out" is certainly something I can get behind. There is great value in understanding where "best practices" come from and what problems they solve. I think it's easy to see there is an issue with mindless pattern following.
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Re:The Cult of Best Practice by spaetzleesser on Monday February 01, 2021 @01:29PM (#25991667)
" There is great value in understanding where "best practices" come from and what problems they solve. "

I think this is really important. A lot of today's "innovators" and "disruptors" are just too lazy to study and understand the current state and create a mess that way.

I think software development would be in a much better state if we didn't constantly forget and relearn old lessons.

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