Episode 70

Too many rules?

March 21, 2023 · 15:54

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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Creators and Guests

Host

Aaron Saray

Host

Joel Clermont

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Too many rules?

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