Comment by bonsaiKiller

There’s obviously a balance. Having worked in both environments, I tend to appreciate the code of someone who at least read the books, but treats it as suggestion rather than gospel. Contrast to someone who never read the books, has no clue what’s “good” and hacks everything.

On the one hand, the books are popular because a lot of people reading them think it makes a good point, and share that view. On the other hand, just because something is popular doesn’t make it right! I think this is where AI gets so much wrong. GIGO! If you base all your code on whatever is most common, are you really really sure that common pattern is really the best? AI, and these book evangelist, often have no clue. Just parroting others.

I’d rather deal with “principles” as opposed to “rules” every time. Glean the principles from the books, and at least try to write clean code!