Chesterton's fence is the principle that reforms should not be made until the reasoning behind the existing state of affairs is understood.
Code is more often read than written. Style guides exist to make reading code more pleasant and efficient by standardizing formatting. Whether you follow our style guides precisely or use them as the basis for your own, you will find that using a style guide makes developing software in a team easier.
The best practices described here were collected and honed by developers at Palantir. Whether you’re just starting a new project and wondering what tooling to use, want to get better at giving code reviews, or are trying to improve your test coverage, you can benefit from others who have done it before.
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