All 5 recommendations
Est. prices as of Mar 11, 2026
#1 · Every Linter Ever · Most Overhyped
Naming Conventions
Free (ignored)
camelCase vs snake_case wars that tear teams apart daily
- ✓ Improves readability across codebase
- ✓ Prevents the 'what does this variable do?' debate
- ✓ Easily automated with ESLint or Prettier
- ✗ Teams spend 3 hours debating it, then ignore it for legacy code anyway
#2 · The Ideal Codebase · Hidden Gem
Code Comments & Documentation
Free (always overdue)
Write comments like your future self is paying you personally
- ✓ Saves 10 hours per new team member onboarding
- ✓ Explains the 'why', not just the 'what'
- ✓ Reduces emergency Slack calls at 2am
- ✗ First thing to get cut when deadlines hit; becomes outdated within 3 sprints
#3 · OOP Evangelists
DRY Principle (Don't Repeat Yourself)
Costs your sanity
Copy-pasting the same 50 lines feels faster than refactoring
- ✓ Reduces bugs by centralizing logic
- ✓ Makes updates propagate everywhere instantly
- ✓ Keeps codebase lean and maintainable
- ✗ Over-abstraction creates 'util_helper_factory_service' files nobody understands; premature optimization kills velocity
#4 · Clean Code Advocates · Budget King
Function Length Limits (max 20-50 lines)
$0 (worth every penny ignored)
Your 200-line function has achieved sentience
- ✓ Easier to test individual pieces
- ✓ Functions become reusable
- ✓ Reduces cognitive load during code review
- ✗ Breaking apart functions takes extra time upfront; junior devs create 15 tiny functions instead of 2 good ones
#5 · The Logging Abyss
Error Handling Standards
Free (but pays massive dividends)
Catch errors, log meaningfully, stop using console.log for production debugging
- ✓ Production issues become solvable instead of mysterious
- ✓ Stack traces tell the actual story
- ✓ Enables proper monitoring and alerting
- ✗ Requires discipline no team has; logging bloat makes performance worse; 'we'll fix it in the next sprint' becomes permanent