What if we renamed "best practices" to "boring practices"?
They make a fair default for what's not our focus.
They make a fair default for what's not our focus.
Each "boring practice" is fungible, eligible for thoughtful replacement.
But not all of them, not all at once.
But not all of them, not all at once.
I don't want to ask "Is the team using best practices?"
I want to ask, "Which boring practices are they using?"
and for each difference: "What's the story behind that?"
I want to ask, "Which boring practices are they using?"
and for each difference: "What's the story behind that?"