[ohthatsnotright]

Often what is one developers "best practice" is another's "anti-pattern" because a lot of this is just arbitrary.

[Angostura]

If it is arbitrary, it’s “standard practice”.

[lolinder]

Which still has immense value.

It's standard practice to install outlets with NEMA connectors in North American buildings. Sure, you could technically swap those out with a more optimal connector that is "better" (one that prevents electricity from flowing while the plug is partially exposed, for example), but using the standard practice is best practice for human-shaped reasons that are often not apparent to early-career engineers.

[dambi0]

I’m a bit confused with the analogy here. Would the non NEMA outlets work with my existing things or is the implication that they wouldn’t?

[lolinder]

They wouldn't, but about half of the developers commenting here would do the equivalent of switching from NEMA to something else on the grounds that the something else is better.

[ahoka]

There’s usually nothing “best” about it.

[pydry]

There are many like that. Every practice is a trade off.

However, there are many where the cost/benefit ratio is so large that you can default to "you should just do this".

I dont think Id ever look at a company that e.g. had no CI or versioning for a large project for instance and think "they might have had a good reason for this". They didnt.

[pletnes]

Hot take, the biggest advantage to following «best practices» is that when someone else stumbles over your project, they can follow along more easily