LB: Names really do matter, and naming things is hard.
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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.
Named Things
This is a cautionary tale. It's the story of an internal tool development project. We'll call it Astro, because naming things is hard, and the reasons why are very instructive.
Jennifer++ (jenniferplusplus.com)
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Jenniferplusplusreplied to Jenniferplusplus last edited by
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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Dr. Matt Lee 🎃replied to Jenniferplusplus last edited by
@jenniferplusplus @GeePawHill post came through as quoted for me using Ivory.
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Jenniferplusplusreplied to Dr. Matt Lee 🎃 last edited by
@mattl Good to know, but I still wish mastodon would just implement this themselves.
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Marco Moltenireplied to Jenniferplusplus last edited by
> But sometimes, the difficulty of naming things can serve as a warning
Thanks. I never considered this point of view.