Reminds me of when I used to play bar darts.

I was picking out some new darts at a billiards store and me and my buddy were discussing what size, weight, etc. to get (i.e. "best practices").

The owner laughed and said the only thing that matters in picking a dart is how well you can hit the target with it.

It is other way round. Kent is mostly a programing pattern/methodology peddler.

> I've seen a lot of programmers that love design patterns, SOLID code, and hip new frameworks; but hate talking to users, getting stuff shipped or keeping things running.

I think these tasks are not meant for programmers in the first place. But indeed it's beneficial when programmers know how to handle those things properly.