These things depend heavily on context. "count" is better and less redundant than "visitCount" when it is a field or method of a "Visits" or "VisitList" class,

These things depend heavily on context. "count" is better and less redundant than "visitCount" when it is a field or method of a "Visits" or "VisitList" class, for example, and nothing else is being counted. Or as a variable: "count" is also good enough in a small function with a few lines, that only concerns itself with a single type of item being counted. If there are multiple things being counted in the same context, by all means specify them. I get the good intention, but in the end those guidelines get in the way of good code more than they really help. The "no methods bigger than N lines" for example (popular with some linters) cause more damage than improvements.