That's my experience as well. The problem is not so much the individual rules, but the "black and white thinking": believing that everything in programming (or

That's my experience as well. The problem is not so much the individual rules, but the "black and white thinking": believing that everything in programming (or life) can be distilled to very simple rules, without nuance or prior thinking before applying them. It's a very comfortable position to be in, but it severely hampers your professional development.