After twenty-five years doing this, the only thing I would say is that the style points you mention above are completely irrelevant and the points that refer to

After twenty-five years doing this, the only thing I would say is that the style points you mention above are completely irrelevant and the points that refer to actually writing code mostly correct. Programmers that have been programming a long time and are skilled should know the difference between the two types of points and not confuse them as equally important as you do. Also not writing comments because the code seems obvious when you're first developing it is totally a rookie mistake. Codifying it in rules is a sign that the programmer simply doesn't understand how the human mind works over long periods of time. No code is self documenting after six months away from it. None.