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I pretty much agree with what you’re saying, although I wonder how much it’s a euphemism treadmill. You don’t hear people talk about gold standards much these d
by SpicyLemonZest 2y ago
I pretty much agree with what you’re saying, although I wonder how much it’s a euphemism treadmill. You don’t hear people talk about gold standards much these days. I’ve definitely seen overstuffed practices docs that end up as pointless (and ignored) checklists.
- klodolph 2y ago“Best practices” is a bad term partly because it has some kind of gravitational pull that attracts junk, partly because you almost always need some clearer term (it’s vague), partly because it describes something that isn’t relevant. Alternative terms for your practices docs: just call it “development practices” or something. This makes it a little more clear that it’s not a dumping ground for every practice people think is good / best, but only for what people actually care about, which is the development practices that your team has adopted. You can say something like, “Best practices according to research is X, but our team is adopting Y because we believe Y is promising.”