Best practices

Before jumping on the “best practices of software engineering” train, after reading the classics, or someone’s re-post on social media, ask what was the context, in which these “best practices” were established. Some of those made sense in the environment, where the product’s release cycle has been measured with months. But that doesn’t mean they make sense, when we ship/fix/ship/new-requirements/ship/update/ship the product several times every week.