Comment by sgtpeppr
> If you don't make it easy to do the right thing and awkward to do the wrong thing, people with good intentions will do the wrong thing.
This is so important, but just isn’t heeded.
I work with some smart people, but they tend to defend choices by saying “It’s pretty straightforward” and “This is the way we’ve historically done this”.
I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t feel that I have the energy to try to debate, because it’s just like beating a ball against a brick wall. I used to rationalize it as “This will be a learning experience for them”, but no, they haven’t learned.
Author here!
The way I put this practice into place involves accepting that people will just do whatever they find easiest, regardless of whether it's technically the right thing to do. I account for that when I'm designing APIs, languages ([Derw](https://www.derw-lang.com/)), frameworks, or tooling. If I make the correct thing the obvious or easiest thing to do, less people will do the incorrect thing. They will still do incorrect things, it's human nature. But they'll do it less frequently.