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ive been making general notes on How To Name Things (from companies to variables) here since its one of the well known hard problems - offering it up for others
by swyx 4y ago
ive been making general notes on How To Name Things (from companies to variables) here since its one of the well known hard problems - offering it up for others
https://www.swyx.io/how-to-name-things https://www.swyx.io/how-to-name-things
this piece would be a new category for me - how to name products, given a big brand that covers multiple products
- bkishan 4y agoThis is really interesting, thanks!
- nomilk 4y agoThanks for sharing this, it will be my canonical resource on the topic. (also, it brings me joy that someone obsessed enough to make such an informative and lengthy compilation of pure ideas; a service to the community!).
- O__________O 4y agoNumber one rule to be is that it should be universally unique and easy to search for, especially if it’s frequently searched for on Google. Being universally unique might mean if the primary name (company, app, etc) is combined with the thing name (product, variable, etc) it is unique.