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I just noticed that this classic piece of advice has never been directly posted to HN. I think that giving "things" a name is one of the hard problems that pro

by Bluem00 18y ago

I just noticed that this classic piece of advice has never been directly posted to HN. I think that giving "things" a name is one of the hard problems that programmers tackle every day. Normally our success or failure at choosing good names is kept hidden, and can only be seen by those who look at our code. Websites are one of the rare places where the world at large has to deal with our mistakes.

AndyKelley 18y ago
Good link. While it is often impractical to keep all the URIs working, it sure would be nice if they were.
michaelneale 18y ago
Yes - until we get an internet wide refactoring option: "Apply this change to the entire freaking internet?" y/N>