Is There a Debate That They Don't Need to Have?

Programmers love to nip pick and get into silly little arguments. From a preductivity perspective, arguing over tabs versus spaces is not something you want to have. Do use tools to help you enforce consistency throughout your organization. You can even do things like pre commit hooks in place before that i wouldn't let you commit stuff like it would actually run. It's far easier to have computers yell at people than to have people yell at people.