Ref Dreyfus model Opinion: when you’re craving(aka looking for) “best practices” you’re in the beginner stage
Best practices are useful for learning when you’re new to a topic. You’d rather blindly follow something that is more often than not right. Because it’s impossible to start anywhere other than as a beginner.
But rephrasing them as “sensible default” surfaces that lack of knowledge, and the risk. It’s expected a beginner will follow sensible default blindly. But start to challenge them later on.
