This Is Literally My Company

This Is Literally My Company
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The evolution from "code however you want" to "you WILL follow the style guide or your PR gets rejected" is peak corporate transformation. What's fascinating here is the complete 180° flip in philosophy—from "if it works, ship it" to treating ESLint violations like war crimes.

The old guard's argument of "will the customer ever read this code?" is technically correct but strategically catastrophic. Sure, Karen from accounting won't be reviewing your nested ternaries, but your coworker who inherits your code at 2 AM during a production incident absolutely will. And they'll remember your name.

The irony? Both extremes are wrong. No standards = chaos. Too many standards = bikeshedding about whether to use tabs or spaces while the actual product burns. The sweet spot is somewhere between "anything goes" and "you must name your variables according to the ancient prophecies."

Style guides aren't factory rules—they're peace treaties that prevent code review comment sections from turning into philosophical debates about semicolons.

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