In Zion National Park, there's a hike called Angel's Landing. For part of the hike, you go along this ridge, where on one side you have a cliff of 500 feet str

In Zion National Park, there's a hike called Angel's Landing. For part of the hike, you go along this ridge, where on one side you have a cliff of 500 feet straight down, and on the other side, you have a cliff of 1000 feet straight down. And in places, the ridge is only a couple of feet wide. Best practices can be like that. "Here's something to avoid!" "OK, I'll back far away from that." Yeah, but there's another cliff behind you, of the opposite error that is also waiting to wreck your code base. Listen to best practices. Don't apply them dogmatically, or without good judgment.