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I've heard the joke hundreds of times but I honestly think naming things is (one of) the most challenging parts of building anything software related.

• WrtCdEvrydy 8y ago
  There are four hard things in software development: naming things, caching, and off-by one errors.
  • lostapathy 8y ago
    That's only two things?
    • deleted 8y ago
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    • joombaga 8y ago
      Mmhmm. Now you see why naming things is so hard.
• compsciphd 8y ago
  for us that are unaware, what's the joke? Only thing I can imagine is a wizard of oz reference to ruby slippers.
  • deleted 8y ago
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  • jcheng 8y ago
    WrtCdEvrydy alluded to it, but the original is: There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things. -- Phil Karlton https://martinfowler.com/bliki/TwoHardThings.html https://martinfowler.com/bliki/TwoHardThings.html
  • kej 8y ago
    The joke isn't specific to this project, it's a reference to the semi-famous quote "There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things." More info: https://www.martinfowler.com/bliki/TwoHardThings.html https://www.martinfowler.com/bliki/TwoHardThings.html
• matte_black 8y ago
  Agreed, I’d much rather deal with cache invalidation than the constant struggle of having to come up with sensible names for things and breaking my flow.