Looks like we agree in principle. Other industries/areas have firmly established standards. Our industry needs those too, badly. Not just for style, but overal

Looks like we agree in principle. Other industries/areas have firmly established standards. Our industry needs those too, badly. Not just for style, but overall for design and architecture. Maybe it's because software development is so easily accessible that we don't have them yet. To become a surgeon, you need to go to med school for an eternity. To become a construction engineer you need training and government certification. Both areas move slowly, compared to programming. In our industry, a language that's older than 10 years is called "mature" and the hipsters leave it for a younger one. And the next 16-year old can jump right in. That's not bad, it keeps our industry exciting, but it does not allow us to establish rules everybody agrees to, applies and defends.