Discussion on: Should you ask permission to write better code?

Thanks for quoting my article!

These are the principles we try to foster in our team. Better ask for permission than forgiveness and the boy scout rule.

If something doesn't take a lot of time, but it would improve the developer experience (after all the quality and/or the productivity) go for it, at least show a proof of concept and then we'd see if it's really worth more time. Often it is!