[lainproliant]

Commenting about the cringe-worthiness of the tone: I noticed early on in my career that folks seem to be extremely polar in their idea of "right" and "wrong" choices when it comes to software. This crystallization is self-fulfilling, as the bombastic tone dissuades softer voices from expressing dissenting opinions or new ideas. Sometimes there are scientifically proven "right" ways to do things, i.e. comparing the computational or space efficiency of different algorithms. When it comes down to code style and API design though, what really matters is self-consistency and clarity. Much of the rest is down to preference and personal expression.