[newnewpdro]

Wouldn't you simply enforce this with automation if you were making a serious effort? It's already quite common for github PR's to require myriad CI tests to pass before anything can be merged... those can incorporate static analysis and warnings as errors.

[pjmlp]

Still needs to have the buy-in from the team.

Try to be that clever guy putting such gates into place without having the team be on the same wave length.

Github is a bubble, there are tons of software projects out there, using a myriad of build infrastructures, or even just doing plain old IDE builds (yes I know, but it is as it is).

[newnewpdro]

Convincing your team to switch languages is infinitely more difficult than adding infrastructure to enforce good hygiene. So I don't really see what your point is, it's moot.

[pjmlp]

This whole thread started about enforcing behaviors that are largely ignored by enterprise developers outside HN bubble.

In no point there was a mention of switching languages.

[newnewpdro]

Ah, this had left an lingering impression in my mind:

"Why do that, if there are languages that do it by design?"

But I see it wasn't your comment, my bad :)