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For people on very small teams, "use X not Y" is great.

For people on larger teams, or working next to teams of developers, "use X not Y" will lead to pushback of "why not?" and full answers will be needed.



"Because that is what people who know more about this than all of us combined have come to that conclusion"? Sounds snark but I mean that's what it boils down to anyway.


You can cite meta-analysis, like in medicine. "The people who studied this concluded that using this method has a higher chance of bad side effects and lethal complications than using the suggested method".




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