I recommend removing evaluative words from your vocabulary when discussing someone’s code or work. “You’re always late” is evaluative. Causes an argument. “Yo

I recommend removing evaluative words from your vocabulary when discussing someone’s code or work. “You’re always late” is evaluative. Causes an argument. “You arrived at 10:30 am, and we agreed to meet at 10.” is descriptive — it lists observable facts. Take a similar approach to code. “This is sloppy” will only bring up defenses. “I’m reading this and notice that the one or two letter variables cause me to have to re-read the method every time to figure out what each does. Maybe we can use more descriptive variable names, like accounts_payable instead of ap?”