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right out of the gate: why not use the terms "sender" and "receiver" instead of "client" and "origin"? the author uses "client" to refer to the application sen
by naikrovek 3y ago
right out of the gate: why not use the terms "sender" and "receiver" instead of "client" and "origin"?
the author uses "client" to refer to the application sending the webhook, and "origin" to refer to the application receiving the webhook. this is all backwards to me.
I often say that naming things is hard, but it isn't so hard that this needs be the result.
- hermanradtke 3y agoFair call out. I responded to similar feedback here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37525992 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37525992
- JuanPosadas 3y agoFWIW I wrote a program that used webhooks and RSS feeds and needed to prefix both with their direction, I ended up choosing inbound/outbound.