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Programmers and software developers lost the plot on naming their tools

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311 points todsacerdoti | 3 comments | 11 Dec 25 18:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.859s | source
1. scoopdewoop ◴[11 Dec 25 19:17 UTC] No.46235848[source]▶
> programming shifted from corporate mainframe work to the community builders > which is good

but then:

> Our field deserves better than a zoo of random nouns masquerading as professional nomenclature

Okay? So is this professional nomenclature or the work of community builders?

I think: everyone should code, it should not be an elitist profession, we don't need to all accommodate busy professionals, i'm fine with corporate users having to say my stupid package name at work.

> Your fun has externalities. Every person who encounters your “fun” name pays a small tax. Across the industry, these taxes compound into significant waste

Someone please get this guy a bong rip.

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2. tuveson ◴[11 Dec 25 22:01 UTC] No.46237821[source]▶
It’s all fun and games until you have to be like “blastoise deleted our database backups”
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3. necovek ◴[12 Dec 25 03:06 UTC] No.46240432[source]▶
Well if they used coq, maybe it would not have happened!