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Too many rules?
Episode 70

Too many rules?

No Compromises · Joel Clermont and Aaron Saray

March 21, 202315m 54s

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Show Notes

Rules in programming can be extremely helpful, especially on a team. But is it possible to go too far with rules? We discuss a couple recent scenarios where we could have made a rule, but decided not to.

  • 00:00 I like rules
  • 01:20 Maybe going too far with rules - the scenario
  • 03:05 Bug explanation
  • 05:03 A tangent on test setup
  • 06:30 A possible rule to prevent this bug
  • 07:17 Why this rule went too far
  • 08:50 We still want to fix it, just not now
  • 09:45 Another example with syntax and code standards
  • 12:53 Silly bit

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