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Rika_Furude 02/17/21 7:34:32 AM #1:	most people only name a few things in their life so they dont have this problem. but i work in IT as a mix of a sysadmin and software developer so I have to name things nearly every day. servers. scripts. functions. databases. why is naming things so hard? you can name a function based on what it does, like get-allserversatXcompanythathave20percentfreespaceorless but thats dumb on servers you have a 15 character limit so you have to cram a descriptive name into such a small space naming things is the second most difficult thing about my job --- https://imgur.com/oQHLBrx https://imgur.com/ah5IE8D https://imgur.com/USV84z9 https://imgur.com/PSjlohO <cite>Rika_Furude posted [p:950730166] in why is nam... [t:79299913]...</cite> <quote>most people only name a few things in their life so they dont have this problem. but i work in IT as a mix of a sysadmin and software developer so I have to name things nearly every day. servers. scripts. functions. databases. why is naming things so hard? you can name a function based on what it does, like get-allserversatXcompanythathave20percentfreespaceorless but thats dumb on servers you have a 15 character limit so you have to cram a descriptive name into such a small space naming things is the second most difficult thing about my job </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
sauceje 02/17/21 7:35:52 AM #2:	The good names are all taken --- He was born in a coop, raised in a cage, children fear him, critics rage, He's half alive, he's half dead, folks just call him Buckethead <cite>sauceje posted [p:950730180] in why is nam... [t:79299913]...</cite> <quote>The good names are all taken </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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