@jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io
Post #1136369
2024-09-25 16:23 UTC
LB: Names really do matter, and naming things is hard.
But sometimes, the difficulty of naming things can serve as a warning. Think of it as a design smell. Sometimes things are hard to name because they only exist in your mental model, and the model isn't serving you. Take it as a prompt to reevaluate how you're thinking about the problem.
https://jenniferplusplus.com/named-things/
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@jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io 2024-09-25 16:42
On any sort of sensible social network, I would have just quoted the post I was talking about. But this is mastodon, so the best I've got is "LB" and a link https://mastodon.social/@GeePawHill/113193862834438425
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@harald@hub.volse.no 2024-09-25 16:53
@@jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io That was a good read. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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@qcoding@iosdev.space 2024-09-27 01:26
@jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io I still can’t shake the most memorable coding style guide I encountered 25 years ago. It started: > In ancient times, people believed that if you could call something by its True Name, you would have power over it. Don’t laugh!