TL; DR:

• Code evolves -- it's okay!
• Come up with strategies for alignment.
• Check out the livestream on Monday April 21st at 7:00 PM Pacific (it's recorded!)

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Navigating Evolving Code Standards Without Chaos

If you’ve been on a software team long enough, you’ve likely seen it:

• A developer creates a pull request using a new pattern.
• Another reviewer flags it because it doesn’t follow the team’s established standard.
• The author replies “won’t fix,” removes the reviewer, and merges anyway.

... Well, hopefully you don't see that last part too often. Unless you're the author of the Reddit post I responded to:

But this isn't just about one developer "breaking rules." It’s about how teams handle the evolution of a codebase -- how they deal with misalignment.