What is Best Practices?
Best practices (with its Turkish equivalent en iyi uygulamalar) are tried and community-approved working methods.
Definition and Word Origin
It is using the proven path instead of reinventing the wheel. It accumulates in every area from coding to security, from documentation to team communication. Standards, style guides, and notes from senior engineers feed this pool.
How to Know and Use in Daily Life?
Code: Meaningful name, small function, test.
Security: Not hardcoding secret keys.
Team: Code review and commit discipline.
Technical Depth and Architecture
Frequently mentioned principles:
DRY: Extracting repetition into a function.
KISS: Keeping it simple.
YAGNI: Not writing what is not needed.
Things looked at during code review:
- [ ] Test eklendi mi?
- [ ] Gizli anahtar kaldı mı?
- [ ] Doküman güncellendi mi?The exception to the rule is also a rule: Speed is prioritized in a prototype, while meticulousness is prioritized in a critical system. Reading the context is more important than memorizing the list.
Use in Different Disciplines
Kitchen: Recipe book and measurement discipline.
Aviation: Pre-flight checklist.
Traffic: Lane and signal order.
Questions and answers
Is it mandatory to follow them?
Not technically, but it reduces headaches in the long run. It is almost mandatory in critical systems.
Does it become dogma?
It can. Questioning the rule when the context changes is also part of good practice.
Who decides?
Community, standard institutions, and intra-team experience. The list written by your team is more valuable than the general list.
What is its place within the startup?
In the speed phase, fewer things are chosen: Release discipline, backup, and code review. In the growth phase, the list expands.
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