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I enjoy seeing a bit like of humor in the code, especially silly-but-clear comments and names less important parts of code. For a one shot task, why name it S
by PopeDotNinja 7y ago
I enjoy seeing a bit like of humor in the code, especially silly-but-clear comments and names less important parts of code. For a one shot task, why name it ScheduledObjectStorageDownloader when you can name it AutoCloudStorageFileYoinker?!
- richardxia 7y agoWhile I'm not 100% against humor in a codebase, ever since my company started hiring more engineers internationally, I've become more tuned in to whether a name that uses slang like "yoinker" will be understood by someone who doesn't know English as a first language.
- PopeDotNinja 7y agoThat is a fair point.
- sundvor 7y agoI've been using English as my first language for nearly 20 years and am unfamiliar with "yoinker". Just googled it and, ... nah, I wouldn't approve that PR! (Have never heard it used down here in Australia. We've got plenty of other sayings that are local to us though.)
- PopeDotNinja 7y agoHehe, I never googled yoinker until just now. I originally heard it on The Simpsons. Here's a SFW Simpsons supercut of "yoink": https://youtu.be/CJh1hmmLLzw https://youtu.be/CJh1hmmLLzw I suspect there are a lot of words that used to be safe that are less so now :P
- OJFord 7y agoBecause someone might grep for 'schedule' or 'download' but, quite reasonably, not think of 'autocloud' or 'yoink'?