Who Gets to Decide What “Good Practices” Are?

Good practices are great but knowing who decides them and where they come from is better. It is no secret that when you fully understand what you are doing, you immediately feel better and more comfortable. The same thing applies to good practices. Why should you believe without question these precepts decided by people you do not know and who have never collaborated with you on your project?

You could say that the people dictating these principles have more experience than you and know this world better than you do. Two things. First, maybe one day you will have more experience than they do. Maybe you will be better. Maybe you already are. Second, years of experience are not everything. It is common to see developers with 20 or 30 years of experience who are completely out of date or with habits from the last century. Years of experience can be an argument, but not the only one. Computing evolves at an exceptional speed...