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    "title": "Best Practices",
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    "html": "<p>Best practices evolve. Even though they change, they tend to change in the direction of \"better\", not \"worse\".</p>\n<hr>\n<p>The novice thinks he is an individual.</p>\n<p>The novice says: \"Best practices are always changing; why bother adhering to something that I know will change? I am free to do what I feel like without referring to best practices.\"</p>\n<p>This is not freedom; it is license.</p>\n<p>The master realizes he stands at the end of a long trail of experience and knowledge from others, that surpasses his own personal experience and knowledge.</p>\n<p>The master says: \"This is my current understanding; these are my expected circumstances; these are the known best practices; these are their tradeoffs. I will choose the best practice I can for the tradeoffs I am willing to endure.\"</p>\n<p>This is not slavery; it is clear thinking.</p>\n"
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