Joel Spolsky: Yeah. And the worst thing that happens is that you get people that just stop thinking about what they're doing.
Jeff Atwood: Rules, guidelines, and principles are gems of distilled experience that should be studied and respected. But they're never a substute for thinking critically about your work.
Kevin Pang: we should be in support of anything that will force programmers to think more about the code they write, not less
Aside from brand arguments about "Agile" versus "SOLID" versus "what-would-Jesus-do" style programming, where, exactly, is the "war" here?
Jeff Atwood: Rules, guidelines, and principles are gems of distilled experience that should be studied and respected. But they're never a substute for thinking critically about your work.
Kevin Pang: we should be in support of anything that will force programmers to think more about the code they write, not less
Aside from brand arguments about "Agile" versus "SOLID" versus "what-would-Jesus-do" style programming, where, exactly, is the "war" here?