Starting out with sensible default practices

Published: July 14, 2022, 5 a.m.

The idea of best practices is becoming an anachronism \u2014 given today\u2019s complex technology landscape, the notion that there can be a single best way of doing anything seems fanciful. Our crew explore the thinking behind sensible defaults: that there may be some practices which act as de facto starting points on any given project because they\u2019re effective \u2014 practices such as pair programming, TDD or continuous integration. But context is vital and there may be circumstances which makes the default choice invalid \u2014 or at least suboptimal.