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I'm close to reaching 100k on current greenfield project I'm working on. We have the right tools in place, fast build times, CI/CD, conventions, documentation, code reviews. Most challenging thing I've found is to keep my teammates on the right path (we are 2 seniors and 1 mid level dev). Constant ignoring of the rules and going over same code review comments drives me nuts.

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> Constant ignoring of the rules

I don't know your situation, but I'd be interested to know if these are agreed upon rules that people just get lazy about (really common, I've been there) or what. If it's forgetfulness or it's tedious to follow, I'd consider looking into setting up tooling to enforce the rules a bit better. Just throwing things out there, I have no idea what the situation looks like.

> If it's forgetfulness or it's tedious to follow, I'd consider looking into setting up tooling to enforce the rules a bit better.

It might also make sense to question "The Rules" from time to time. Sometimes, you have rules in place that are now grown old, and are really tedious to follow. If it becomes a chore to adhere to the rules in a project, it's fair to question the rules and drill down to the issue. Doesn't work for every situation, though - just an idea.

Perhaps you can use linting to force some (or all) of the rules instead of having the same discussion in code reviews.

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