I don’t like people telling me how to do my job. I never have. I think of writing code like making music. To me, writing code is an artform. Do artists like to be told how to art? Nope. Well, then why would it be okay to tell a developer how to write code? I’ll be showing you why coding standards exist, what they are and are not, and how they can release the true creative you! The idea of a standard used to be this image I would see in my head where there was a cop handing me a ticket because I was going to fast and not obeying the law (standard). I don’t know why that was the picture I got, but it was. What do you think of when you hear that word? Some think about it in a positive way and others see it in a negative way. I know that American Standard toilets are some high quality toilets. I also know that there are standard pillows and standard cars. Hmmm, does standard kind of mean “the same”? Let me check…  Yes, I actually did just google that. So I guess it’s not all bad...