[mikekchar]

Thanks for that! "Idiomatic" is such a better word for describing what you actually want. "Best practices" implies that we know for sure that the practice will result in a better outcome. This is almost never true because programming is a very situational activity requiring a lot of judgement calls. If you turn off your brain and apply "best practices", the result is almost always horrific.

However, "idomatic" means writing in a way that other people are likely to be able to understand. That's a great goal! Often it's worth it to write code that isn't quite as good for the situation if it is more idiomatic. It's a judgement call still, but it's still important to know what is and isn't idiomatic so that you can make that judgement call.