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Of course they do. Best Practices are a result of several people finding fault in various implementation methods, usually sometime after initial implementation.
by run4yourlives 18y ago
Of course they do. Best Practices are a result of several people finding fault in various implementation methods, usually sometime after initial implementation.
They're not the law, but unless there's a pretty specific reason to not follow them, you can bet that they'll save you heartache sometime in the future.
- gruseom 18y agoPerhaps I should have italicized intrinsic. Those practices are means, not ends. People don't pay for them, and users don't care. I'm not saying they have no value, but their value is relative. So when I notice someone, or myself, treating them as absolute (as, for example, equating "object-oriented" with "good" programming, as was common 10 years ago), to me that's a red flag. In the case of HN, if you can't point to anything about the site itself that matters as a result, then going on about standards compliance and best practices seems irrelevant.
- run4yourlives 18y agoI don't disagree with that.