From the top voted answer:

I ignore almost all Best Practices when it doesn’t come with explanation on why it exists

Also:

“Whether your scepticism be as absolute and sincere as you pretend, we shall learn by and by, when the company breaks up: We shall then see, whether you go out at the door or the window…” ― David Hume

An Old thread, but I’ve found interesting how many of the same complaints periodically surface again.