Ask HN: Do you work with dogmatic, stubborn developers/sysadmins? Are YOU one? 11 years ago
Ah yes the old "We're not arguing about how to do it, we're arguing about why you don't want to do it my way, which also happens to be the right way!"
Being a good software engineer is also about being able to articulate why a particular solution is the correct one and gain consensus rather than forcing a decision on people.