I minimize the externally visible names even/especially when I'm the only programmer on the project. I do that so that "future me" has as little to understand

I minimize the externally visible names even/especially when I'm the only programmer on the project. I do that so that "future me" has as little to understand as possible. ("reduce the number of files to search" seems silly in a world with filename wildcards and find. Are "modern" tools less capable?)