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The thing that always bothers me is that programmers throw around their own opinions like its their divine right. As if they are unappreciated artists.

Its a craft yes, but really its also a logical profession. Strongly held opinions suck all the joy out of conjuring bits to do your bidding. Can't we all just get along?

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> Strongly held opinions suck all the joy out of conjuring bits to do your bidding.

I'd say just the opposite. If you care about programming, you care about doing it the right way. The people who don't have strong opinions are generally the people who don't care, and don't enjoy their jobs, and don't produce good results.

There is a point where having strong opinions results in so much bickering that nothing gets done. Part of doing something the right way is reserving arguments for when they matter.

The solution is to have strong opinions, weakly held.

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