I don't think anyone has ever thought that best practices will always benefit you. Nothing always works every single time in every single case.

This whole thing is really silly and obvious.

Of course you shouldn't blindly follow advice without thinking. But not following advice just because it might not always be right is also a bad idea.

My advice: In general, you should follow good advice from experienced people. If enough experts say this is the best way to do something, you should probably do that, most of the time.

But that advice will never trend on HN because it isn't clickbait or extreme, and requires using your noggin.