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Having a consistent code style and adhering to a set of linting rules is important, but that they exist is far more important than their particulars. I get bored very fast when people argue about the visual presentation of their code. Use a formatter and be done with it. Same with linting rules; pick a set that your team can work with. If you dial everything up to 11, you’re going to have perfectly compliant code that doesn’t do anything. Recognize that compliance sometimes makes your code worse and pick your roles accordingly.


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