I'd argue that best practices often get overlooked in the search for putting one's mark on things & designers and engineers can often be bullied into capitulati

I'd argue that best practices often get overlooked in the search for putting one's mark on things & designers and engineers can often be bullied into capitulating. I'm not advocating a sterile one size fits all grey dystopian outfit equivalent for everyone. But when you look at the landscape of software, I'd argue that teams forget what the equivalent concepts of what pockets or zippers are. Similar to how many orgs will spend $100k's to have a half baked mobile app when a web app or off the shelf CMS would not only suffice but be a better solution for the end users's needs. Point being - get the basics right, leverage the immense value that's been provided by the open source community and then & only then do you start redecorating.