I agree. Lately, I try to refrain from using the term 'best practices' in favor of 'good practices', 'common practices' or even 'my practices' for several reasons:
- True best practices mainly refer to standards, and this list is very slowly updated, unlike the number of false ones;
- It's often used for marketing purposes, which works well, but doesn't always imply quality;
- Since this spreads fast, we often have things at the places where they do not fit, but squeezed into, because it's the best, so we must have it;
- Forms a wrong mindset to rely upon someone else's experience instead of learning and gaining own understanding.
In the end, we have tons of inapplicable or controversial information to filter, which doesn't make things better, in my opinion. Sharing is great but we should do it responsibly.
It's also a bit funny to watch how the best practices suddenly become the worst.
- True best practices mainly refer to standards, and this list is very slowly updated, unlike the number of false ones;
- It's often used for marketing purposes, which works well, but doesn't always imply quality;
- Since this spreads fast, we often have things at the places where they do not fit, but squeezed into, because it's the best, so we must have it;
- Forms a wrong mindset to rely upon someone else's experience instead of learning and gaining own understanding.
In the end, we have tons of inapplicable or controversial information to filter, which doesn't make things better, in my opinion. Sharing is great but we should do it responsibly.
It's also a bit funny to watch how the best practices suddenly become the worst.
Edit: formatting