# Getting Error Handling Right ![rw-book-cover](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article2.74d541386bbf.png) ## Metadata - Author: [[freedium.cfd]] - Full Title: Getting Error Handling Right - Category: #articles - Summary: A few ideas for software products to be a bit more reliable - URL: https://freedium.cfd/https://medium.com/swlh/getting-error-handling-right-9a1d39da0fa3 ## Highlights - That's why pretty much every company develops or uses style guides. The main value from it is not that it chooses "the best" style but that it chooses it. [Uber's "standard code style"](https://github.com/uber/standard#i-disagree-with-rule-x-can-you-change-it) puts it nicely: > The the whole point of *`standard`* is to avoid [bikeshedding](https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/misc.html#idp60694736) about style. There are lots of debates online about tabs vs. spaces, etc. that will never be resolved. These debates just distract from getting stuff done. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jjyyrx8zqwd5wg7hq2sysmkf))