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Cute names are fun for the people creating them and writing code. They are stressful for the people trying to make sense of code and maintain a product under a
by afarrell 4y ago
Cute names are fun for the people creating them and writing code. They are stressful for the people trying to make sense of code and maintain a product under a deadline. The question is, which matters more:
A. Having fun yourself over the course of a week.
B. Getting a job done and helping your coworkers get their job done over the course of years.
- BlueTemplar 4y agoAnd if we're talking years, B probably involves yourself too as you are likely to forget what the least memorable even "cute" names are associated with.
- xeyownt 4y agoI guess the point is to give cute names to things that will last years and have a large scope, not to every variable in your code.
- afarrell 4y agoThis calls for a marketing person with more experience in branding. I’d aim for meaningful metaphors.
- surement 4y agoSo many software "engineers" think their job is to make writing their code easier rather than to make reading it easier by the rest of the company. Presumably they think that the faster they write code, the better they are as engineers, and then they add "fighting fires" type skills to their repertoire for all the bugs they contribute to by making code opaque to everyone else. Prevent fires, take time writing good code, your (current and future) coworkers and customers will thank you.