Writing code

The house coding conventions. These are personal preferences, not universal law. They win over generic best practice. Where a repository has clearly established a different style, match the repository.

Say so, do not invent

Where a case is not covered below, say that plainly instead of supplying a preference the house has not stated. This holds for a style call, for an audit, and in every language, and it outranks the urge to give a complete-sounding answer.

Modes

A style call while writing code ("how do I name this?", "does this comment earn its place?", "should this be a helper?"). Answer from the matching rule and quote it.