“Best practices” are behavioral design patterns

A friend of mine sees “best practices” as behavioral design patterns. He says that “you need at least to figure out how to apply it, normally also to tweak it.” They can be used for inspiration or as a starting point but, as he says, “they don’t free you from your own responsibility and, … they should not inhibit your own thinking/innovation!”

(Dear friend, if you want me to put your name here, just let me know!)