If the comma is off the screen, the shape of the bouma doesn't matter, its off the screen and code is not read like a narrative.

I don't think using trailing commas over leading commas because that is how English is written is good reasoning. The Language is SQL, not English.

When you are modifying existing code,...

Addressing breaking changes through patch management is fine - but not when there are security and/or compliance requirements that also intersect with periodic, large organizational change freezes, strict maintenance windows...

I am a little curious here if the people recommending 2022 have an insight I am just missing.

SQL 2019 was an absolute mess for quite some time and seems relatively...