New chapter: code style

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 	* [The Right Tool Is More Obvious Than You Think](right-tool-obvious)
 	* [Code Reviews Are Not For Style](code-reviews-style)
 	* [Code Formatting Tools Are Ok, But No Silver Bullet](code-formatters)
+	* [Code Style: Follow It](code-style)

content/books/things-i-learnt/code-formatters/index.md

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 and take responsibility for other people's code when the formatter changes
 their code.
 
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content/books/things-i-learnt/code-style/index.md

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+title = "Things I Learnt The Hard Way - Code Style: Follow It"
+date = 2019-07-16
+
+[taxonomies]
+tags = ["en-au", "books", "things i learnt", "code style"]
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+
+If your project have a defined code style, you must follow it. Sometimes it
+may not be clear ("this struct/class should be singular or plural"?), but do
+your best to follow it.
+
+<!-- more -->
+
+If your project doesn't have a style, maybe it's time to pick one. There are
+well established styles for almost every language today, so you can start with
+that. You can even make your changes, but you need to realize that since it's
+been established for a while, a lot of other people are using that style and,
+thus, if you keep as is, your code will mesh better with the rest of the
+ecosystem.
+
+And remember that even your stupid code is [part of the ecosystem of the
+language](/books/things-i-learnt/languages-are-more) and the better you
+interact with the ecosystem, the better citizen in the ecosystem you are.
+
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