I suppose if the options are "Uncle Bob's Rules" and the straw man of "No Rules" that could be true. That's like if you gave yourself the options of "one hand behind your back" or "two hands behind your back" in a fight when we already knew how to fight with "zero hands behind your back".
But I'm not sure I even believe that, because the worst thing is dogmatism. Uncle Bob convinced young developers to be dogmatic.
I've dealt with code that was a mess with no adherence to rules. I've dealt with teams where everything need to be perfect. The first group shipped products. The second groups had neat looking code bases but had much more trouble shipping. Sometimes it was impossible to get in simple lines of code because it didn't match "the rules".
In fact, if Uncle Bob really doesn't want 4-line functions, and wants moderation, he should write a better book. Whatever he claims to mean, everyone sure seems to think that's what his book says.
I personally found it to be one of the most needlessly dogmatic things I've read.
But I'm not sure I even believe that, because the worst thing is dogmatism. Uncle Bob convinced young developers to be dogmatic.
I've dealt with code that was a mess with no adherence to rules. I've dealt with teams where everything need to be perfect. The first group shipped products. The second groups had neat looking code bases but had much more trouble shipping. Sometimes it was impossible to get in simple lines of code because it didn't match "the rules".