Naming Things is Hard

This cluster discusses the challenges, importance, and pedantry surrounding naming conventions for concepts, variables, projects, and entities, often referencing the classic programming adage that naming things is one of the hardest tasks.

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Sample Comments

smcleod Sep 12, 2020 View on HN

Yeah, naming things is hard, talking about how things are named is even harder! hahah

weberc2 Oct 5, 2018 View on HN

Sometimes things have multiple names :shrug: I really like your contributions; this one seemed unnecessarily pedantic.

perilunar May 30, 2019 View on HN

That we need to get better at naming things?

de_watcher Mar 31, 2020 View on HN

Naming stuff is not trivial and not a bikeshedding.

Sukotto Aug 24, 2017 View on HN

No. I'm saying that how you name things matters.

rapind Apr 20, 2010 View on HN

Naming things is very important. I'm glad someone else gets that!

powera Mar 3, 2017 View on HN

TLDR - things have names, isn't that terrible?

disqard Apr 2, 2023 View on HN

...though "naming things" also qualifies :D

fedeb95 May 26, 2023 View on HN

humans like to invent many names for the same things

xnx Mar 1, 2024 View on HN

"Naming things is hard" seems to be a universal truth.