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Discussion on: Trying to follow all best practices will not help you

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Sergiy Yevtushenko

Many engineers tend to follow "best practices" blindly, without clear understanding why they did appear and under which conditions they are applicable.

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Jean-Michel πŸ•΅πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ Fayard

Yes, and I think it's due to perfectionism, due to the fear to not do things right.
My counter-argument is that it's more important to work on the right things that to do thing right, and once you have found the right thing, choose whatever simplest solution you can find.

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Sergiy Yevtushenko

I saw different reasons for blind following best practices. For some engineers it's perfectionism. For others it's the fear not to "be in trend". Former ones over the time usually develop habit to "find the root" and stop using anything blindly. Latter ones don't need that, "be in trend" is enough to pass interview and get the job.