Comment by travisjungroth

There's something bad about going over-the-top halfway. Those sort of strict rules that everyone follows half assed are so common on software teams (and the rest of the business and society, but whatevs). It seems like they have all the downsides of both strictness and laxness. It would work better if you just let devs do their things. It would also work better if you went all the way insane. Like the first time you write some garbage docstring like that the CTO comes to your desk and tells you off. I'm not saying that would be the right move in this case, but at least it's something.