I think I said it before, but there are little things as challenging (for a developer) as showing your code publicly. Of course, there are few things as rewarding (for a developer) as showing your code publicly. It is always nerve-breaking: Will they understand it? Will they think is total crap? Will they be aware of all the trade-offs made?
And we are not talking about meeting your political family, or that moment of hesitation before writing the first test of a class. I am talking about deployment to a whole new different environment. I am talking about the pressure of the client to show everyone and their cat why they had spent so much money to replace an existing working system. I am talking about deployment to the live environment.
Another rant... But it is true. They are important.
There are certain conventions that should not be contravened (I looked it up in the dictionary, don't worry ;-p). Not only in software development. Conventions apply to all sorts of fields and day-to-day life situations. But they are very important in software development.
Note: This post was never supposed to exist, but since I felt that the post mother was getting somewhat lengthy, I moved some of the content from that post to this one.