Falsehoods About Names

The cluster centers on repeated references to the 'Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names' article, discussing common misconceptions and challenges programmers face when handling human names and naming things in software.

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adolph β€’ Jun 7, 2024 β€’ View on HN

Sounds like it is time to link to β€œ Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names”:https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-...

poizan42 β€’ Nov 24, 2024 β€’ View on HN

See point 40 and 32-36 on Falsehoods programmers believe about names[1][1] https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-...

stevekemp β€’ Nov 13, 2017 β€’ View on HN

Seems like a suitable time to share this link again, Falsehoods programmers believe about names:http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-b...

CapacitorSet β€’ Jan 15, 2017 β€’ View on HN

Getting names right is very hard: https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-...

js2 β€’ Jan 12, 2020 β€’ View on HN

"Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names":https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-...Discussed most recently just 63 days ago:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21492464

jachee β€’ Aug 15, 2019 β€’ View on HN

Just beware the Falsehoods Programmers Believe about Names: https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-...

theandrewbailey β€’ Jul 1, 2019 β€’ View on HN

See also Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names: https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-...

walrus01 β€’ Mar 8, 2025 β€’ View on HN

Often repeated, but people still need to see it:Falsehoods programmers believe about nameshttps://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-...

mdpopescu β€’ Mar 13, 2016 β€’ View on HN

It sounds to me like you need to read patio11's article about names :) http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-b...

parpfish β€’ Jul 9, 2023 β€’ View on HN

good to see that the difficulty naming things isn't unique to programming