[olliesaunders]

I often find I have an urge to write something a certain way, sometimes one that is different from best practice. I take the time to evaluate the results of what I do. Sometimes I look back at something and go, "I should have stuck to best practice," but increasingly I go, "I realize now the reason why it made sense not to follow best practice."

[j_baker]

I like Rands's definitition of best practice:

"A phrase used to convince you to do something different that assumes you don’t actually want to know why it’s a better approach."

http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2009/07/13/the_words_y...