[GrumpySimon]

There's a great talk on this [1] by Raymond Hettinger where he argues that style guides (e.g. PEP8) are no alternative to thinking hard about the code. Blindly following rules (like a bot would do) just gives a false sense of security that it's good code.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf-BqAjZb8M