This dude is extremely persistent about having irrelevant things his way, and when he doesn’t get it, he acts as if it were a personal attack. Do you guys have any argument or method to deal with this kind of people?
I used to say “whatever” and let him have things his way, but as I got more experienced I started to listen more to his arguments and basically respond “this makes no sense” (not with those exact words, of course).
Meeting agendas can help with this kind of thing.
If “spend 45 minutes on a variable name argument” isn’t on the agenda, interrupt, say “that’s not what we are here to discuss” and move to the next topic.