The problem is the actual term itself, “best practices”. It really seems like we might be speaking past each other… the question is not about whether the thing

The problem is the actual term itself, “best practices”. It really seems like we might be speaking past each other… the question is not about whether the thing you have, which you call “best practices”, should exist. It seems like you are arguing that best practices, the thing, should exist. But I am arguing that “best practices”, the term, should not be used.