[blowski]

I think we're on the same page here.

The only caveat I'd add is that it depends on the project and the team how many gates you want to add. A couple of super-senior devs building a small blog aren't going to need many gates. A team with 50 people, half of them juniors, working on a financial app already in production - they're going to need a lot of gates.

As with all these things, ask the team if they're adding value. If they are great, and is there anything else that would help? If they're not, and especially if they're unnecessarily slowing things down, then don't do them. Don't use a code style checker because somebody in a meetup said you should.