I think this article still applies there just in a different way. If: - you're working on a project with other people and - you're at the right level to

I think this article still applies there just in a different way. If: - you're working on a project with other people and - you're at the right level to make such decisions and - people compete with different / conflicting formatting Then it is important that you make A decision. It can be "we're using my preferred style", or "we're using gofmt/rubocop/black/whatever", or something else. But any of them is going to be better than future waste of time in reformatting, merge conflicts and people arguing.