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+title: "@mike_acton No hate at all Mike! 🙏"
+type: archive
+source: twitter
+source_url: "https://x.com/AlanZucconi/status/1675240352700067842"
+author: "Alan Zucconi"
+handle: AlanZucconi
+post_id: "1675240352700067842"
+date: 2023-07-01
+archived: 2026-08-25
+draft: false
+tags:
+  - archive
+  - twitter
+  - mike_acton
+description: "@mike_acton No hate at all Mike! 🙏"
+in_reply_to: ""
+parent_post_id: "1675238071070240768"
+---
+
+## Source
+
+- URL: https://x.com/AlanZucconi/status/1675240352700067842
+- Author: Alan Zucconi (@AlanZucconi)
+- Posted: 2023-07-01 20:29:59
+
+## Branch
+
+**1/** **@AlanZucconi** ^1675240352700067842
+
+**@mike_acton**
+
+No hate at all Mike! 🙏
+
+I just find it funny, and it is honestly the longest (serious!) name I've ever encountered while working with Unity! 😎
+
+So much so that I still think about it every now and then! 😆
+
+**2/** **@mike_acton** ^1675240953735675904
+
+**@AlanZucconi**
+
+Honestly no worries, even if you did. As I said, I’d much rather the folks who care about finding “better” names are actually the ones that come up with them. I’m sure a PR with a good alternative would be considered by the team. :)
+
+## Related
+
+- Spine: [[archive/threads/mike_acton/2023-07-01-its-very-easy-to-tell-when-i-named-something]]
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+---
+title: "@mike_acton Coming from C89 repositories with most functions named with a max of 8 chars, I appreciate that..."
+type: archive
+source: twitter
+source_url: "https://x.com/pikuma/status/1675242930481577987"
+author: "pikuma.com"
+handle: pikuma
+post_id: "1675242930481577987"
+date: 2023-07-01
+archived: 2026-08-25
+draft: false
+tags:
+  - archive
+  - twitter
+  - mike_acton
+description: "@mike_acton Coming from C89 repositories with most functions named with a max of 8 chars, I appreciate that..."
+in_reply_to: ""
+parent_post_id: "1675238071070240768"
+---
+
+## Source
+
+- URL: https://x.com/pikuma/status/1675242930481577987
+- Author: pikuma.com (@pikuma)
+- Posted: 2023-07-01 20:40:13
+
+## Branch
+
+**1/** **@pikuma** ^1675242930481577987
+
+**@mike_acton**
+
+Coming from C89 repositories with most functions named with a max of 8 chars, I appreciate that... 😅
+
+## Related
+
+- Spine: [[archive/threads/mike_acton/2023-07-01-its-very-easy-to-tell-when-i-named-something]]
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+---
+title: "@mike_acton I hate reading code with the same var/func names due to limited tech vocabulary."
+type: archive
+source: twitter
+source_url: "https://x.com/ponymolly_/status/1675252492618063873"
+author: "iskatsuの🎮"
+handle: ponymolly_
+post_id: "1675252492618063873"
+date: 2023-07-01
+archived: 2026-08-25
+draft: false
+tags:
+  - archive
+  - twitter
+  - mike_acton
+description: "@mike_acton I hate reading code with the same var/func names due to limited tech vocabulary."
+in_reply_to: ""
+parent_post_id: "1675238071070240768"
+---
+
+## Source
+
+- URL: https://x.com/ponymolly_/status/1675252492618063873
+- Author: iskatsuの🎮 (@ponymolly_)
+- Posted: 2023-07-01 21:18:13
+
+## Branch
+
+**1/** **@ponymolly_** ^1675252492618063873
+
+**@mike_acton**
+
+I hate reading code with the same var/func names due to limited tech vocabulary. Is this “this” context or “that” context? Ugh.
+
+## Related
+
+- Spine: [[archive/threads/mike_acton/2023-07-01-its-very-easy-to-tell-when-i-named-something]]
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+---
+title: "@mike_acton 2 is a mistake though, you need to think about the mental cycles of the thousand of readers of your code."
+type: archive
+source: twitter
+source_url: "https://x.com/robinlavallee/status/1675241000435093504"
+author: "Robin Lavallée"
+handle: robinlavallee
+post_id: "1675241000435093504"
+date: 2023-07-01
+archived: 2026-08-25
+draft: false
+tags:
+  - archive
+  - twitter
+  - mike_acton
+description: "@mike_acton 2 is a mistake though, you need to think about the mental cycles of the thousand of readers of your code."
+in_reply_to: ""
+parent_post_id: "1675238071070240768"
+---
+
+## Source
+
+- URL: https://x.com/robinlavallee/status/1675241000435093504
+- Author: Robin Lavallée (@robinlavallee)
+- Posted: 2023-07-01 20:32:33
+
+## Branch
+
+**1/** **@robinlavallee** ^1675241000435093504
+
+**@mike_acton**
+
+2 is a mistake though, you need to think about the mental cycles of the thousand of readers of your code.
+
+**2/** **@mike_acton** ^1675241576296218624
+
+**@robinlavallee**
+
+And if you can come up with something that increases understanding while decreasing length, I’m sure it’d be a welcome change. I just didn’t have one.
+
+## Related
+
+- Spine: [[archive/threads/mike_acton/2023-07-01-its-very-easy-to-tell-when-i-named-something]]
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+---
+title: "@mike_acton I deeply hate people that don't spend time on naming things."
+type: archive
+source: twitter
+source_url: "https://x.com/Gidcheeen/status/1675409317908951040"
+author: "Gideon Ung 🇺🇦🇵🇸"
+handle: Gidcheeen
+post_id: "1675409317908951040"
+date: 2023-07-02
+archived: 2026-08-25
+draft: false
+tags:
+  - archive
+  - twitter
+  - mike_acton
+description: "@mike_acton I deeply hate people that don't spend time on naming things."
+in_reply_to: ""
+parent_post_id: "1675238071070240768"
+---
+
+## Source
+
+- URL: https://x.com/Gidcheeen/status/1675409317908951040
+- Author: Gideon Ung 🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@Gidcheeen)
+- Posted: 2023-07-02 07:41:23
+
+## Branch
+
+**1/** **@Gidcheeen** ^1675409317908951040
+
+**@mike_acton**
+
+I deeply hate people that don't spend time on naming things. Tells me you don't care about communicating with your coworkers.
+
+## Related
+
+- Spine: [[archive/threads/mike_acton/2023-07-01-its-very-easy-to-tell-when-i-named-something]]
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+---
+title: "@mike_acton I like it that way."
+type: archive
+source: twitter
+source_url: "https://x.com/ManuKman/status/1675487879051476993"
+author: "Manuel Kugelmann"
+handle: ManuKman
+post_id: "1675487879051476993"
+date: 2023-07-02
+archived: 2026-08-25
+draft: false
+tags:
+  - archive
+  - twitter
+  - mike_acton
+description: "@mike_acton I like it that way."
+in_reply_to: ""
+parent_post_id: "1675238071070240768"
+---
+
+## Source
+
+- URL: https://x.com/ManuKman/status/1675487879051476993
+- Author: Manuel Kugelmann (@ManuKman)
+- Posted: 2023-07-02 12:53:34
+
+## Branch
+
+**1/** **@ManuKman** ^1675487879051476993
+
+**@mike_acton**
+
+I like it that way. The code itself incl. naming should be a big part of the documentation. The remainder should explain the big picture and choices made + their reasons (caveats, tradeoffs ...) ...
+
+## Related
+
+- Spine: [[archive/threads/mike_acton/2023-07-01-its-very-easy-to-tell-when-i-named-something]]
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+---
+title: "@mike_acton Agree! #1 and #3 both apply to me, I'm in the middle on #2 - I try not to make the perfect the enemy of the good, but I do spend some cycles (somewhat proportional to the importance of the thing) to do a good job on naming, not always just the first name that comes into my head."
+type: archive
+source: twitter
+source_url: "https://x.com/MissQuickstep/status/1675572950651527168"
+author: "Layla Mah @missquickstep@mastodon.gamedev.place"
+handle: MissQuickstep
+post_id: "1675572950651527168"
+date: 2023-07-02
+archived: 2026-08-25
+draft: false
+tags:
+  - archive
+  - twitter
+  - mike_acton
+description: "@mike_acton Agree! #1 and #3 both apply to me, I'm in the middle on #2 - I try not to make the perfect the enemy of the good, but I do spend some cycles (somewhat proportional to the importance of the thing) to do a good job on naming, not always just the first name that comes into my head."
+in_reply_to: ""
+parent_post_id: "1675238071070240768"
+---
+
+## Source
+
+- URL: https://x.com/MissQuickstep/status/1675572950651527168
+- Author: Layla Mah @missquickstep@mastodon.gamedev.place (@MissQuickstep)
+- Posted: 2023-07-02 18:31:36
+
+## Branch
+
+**1/** **@MissQuickstep** ^1675572950651527168
+
+**@mike_acton**
+
+Agree! #1 and #3 both apply to me, I'm in the middle on #2 - I try not to make the perfect the enemy of the good, but I do spend some cycles (somewhat proportional to the importance of the thing) to do a good job on naming, not always just the first name that comes into my head.
+
+## Related
+
+- Spine: [[archive/threads/mike_acton/2023-07-01-its-very-easy-to-tell-when-i-named-something]]
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+---
+title: "@mike_acton A worthy opponent of D3D11’s VPAndRTArrayIndexFromAnyShaderFeedingRasterizer!"
+type: archive
+source: twitter
+source_url: "https://x.com/aras_p/status/1675392402511593472"
+author: "Aras Pranckevičius 🇺🇦🇱🇹"
+handle: aras_p
+post_id: "1675392402511593472"
+date: 2023-07-02
+archived: 2026-08-25
+draft: false
+tags:
+  - archive
+  - twitter
+  - mike_acton
+description: "@mike_acton A worthy opponent of D3D11’s VPAndRTArrayIndexFromAnyShaderFeedingRasterizer!"
+in_reply_to: ""
+parent_post_id: "1675238071070240768"
+---
+
+## Source
+
+- URL: https://x.com/aras_p/status/1675392402511593472
+- Author: Aras Pranckevičius 🇺🇦🇱🇹 (@aras_p)
+- Posted: 2023-07-02 06:34:10
+
+## Branch
+
+**1/** **@aras_p** ^1675392402511593472
+
+**@mike_acton**
+
+A worthy opponent of D3D11’s VPAndRTArrayIndexFromAnyShaderFeedingRasterizer!
+
+## Related
+
+- Spine: [[archive/threads/mike_acton/2023-07-01-its-very-easy-to-tell-when-i-named-something]]
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+---
+title: "@mike_acton Also, to share one of my variable naming pet peeves, I'm a big fan of listing units in variable names."
+type: archive
+source: twitter
+source_url: "https://x.com/nobunagaota/status/1675631072149684225"
+author: "Robbie Dieterich"
+handle: nobunagaota
+post_id: "1675631072149684225"
+date: 2023-07-02
+archived: 2026-08-25
+draft: false
+tags:
+  - archive
+  - twitter
+  - mike_acton
+description: "@mike_acton Also, to share one of my variable naming pet peeves, I'm a big fan of listing units in variable names."
+in_reply_to: ""
+parent_post_id: "1675238071070240768"
+---
+
+## Source
+
+- URL: https://x.com/nobunagaota/status/1675631072149684225
+- Author: Robbie Dieterich (@nobunagaota)
+- Posted: 2023-07-02 22:22:33
+
+## Branch
+
+**1/** **@nobunagaota** ^1675631072149684225
+
+**@mike_acton**
+
+Also, to share one of my variable naming pet peeves, I'm a big fan of listing units in variable names. 
+
+Is a variable like ModelHeight in Unity units? Centimeters? Cubits?
+I say put that info in the variable name.
+
+## Related
+
+- Spine: [[archive/threads/mike_acton/2023-07-01-its-very-easy-to-tell-when-i-named-something]]
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+---
+title: "@mike_acton At one of the places I worked, we abhorred abbreviations in variable names because:"
+type: archive
+source: twitter
+source_url: "https://x.com/nobunagaota/status/1675629934297980929"
+author: "Robbie Dieterich"
+handle: nobunagaota
+post_id: "1675629934297980929"
+date: 2023-07-02
+archived: 2026-08-25
+draft: false
+tags:
+  - archive
+  - twitter
+  - mike_acton
+description: "@mike_acton At one of the places I worked, we abhorred abbreviations in variable names because:"
+in_reply_to: ""
+parent_post_id: "1675238071070240768"
+---
+
+## Source
+
+- URL: https://x.com/nobunagaota/status/1675629934297980929
+- Author: Robbie Dieterich (@nobunagaota)
+- Posted: 2023-07-02 22:18:02
+
+## Branch
+
+**1/** **@nobunagaota** ^1675629934297980929
+
+**@mike_acton**
+
+At one of the places I worked, we abhorred abbreviations in variable names because:
+a) Auto-complete is a thing;
+b) Not everyone abbreviates words in the same way, especially internationally.
+
+Our code base became much easier to search once we did that.
+
+## Related
+
+- Spine: [[archive/threads/mike_acton/2023-07-01-its-very-easy-to-tell-when-i-named-something]]
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+---
+title: "@mike_acton i typically come up with a better name after developing and using the system further."
+type: archive
+source: twitter
+source_url: "https://x.com/shinali/status/1675579130845249537"
+author: "Ali Aya"
+handle: shinali
+post_id: "1675579130845249537"
+date: 2023-07-02
+archived: 2026-08-25
+draft: false
+tags:
+  - archive
+  - twitter
+  - mike_acton
+description: "@mike_acton i typically come up with a better name after developing and using the system further."
+in_reply_to: ""
+parent_post_id: "1675238071070240768"
+---
+
+## Source
+
+- URL: https://x.com/shinali/status/1675579130845249537
+- Author: Ali Aya (@shinali)
+- Posted: 2023-07-02 18:56:10
+
+## Branch
+
+**1/** **@shinali** ^1675579130845249537
+
+**@mike_acton**
+
+i typically come up with a better name after developing and using the system further.
+
+## Related
+
+- Spine: [[archive/threads/mike_acton/2023-07-01-its-very-easy-to-tell-when-i-named-something]]
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+---
+title: "@mike_acton This is the way."
+type: archive
+source: twitter
+source_url: "https://x.com/soylentgraham/status/1675472823345729537"
+author: "graham (parody)"
+handle: soylentgraham
+post_id: "1675472823345729537"
+date: 2023-07-02
+archived: 2026-08-25
+draft: false
+tags:
+  - archive
+  - twitter
+  - mike_acton
+description: "@mike_acton This is the way."
+in_reply_to: ""
+parent_post_id: "1675238071070240768"
+---
+
+## Source
+
+- URL: https://x.com/soylentgraham/status/1675472823345729537
+- Author: graham (parody) (@soylentgraham)
+- Posted: 2023-07-02 11:53:44
+
+## Branch
+
+**1/** **@soylentgraham** ^1675472823345729537
+
+**@mike_acton**
+
+This is the way.
+
+Was dealing with turbojpeg api the other day;
+..GetImageMeta(int* Width,int* Height,int* SubSamp)
+What is subsamp???
+Subsample... of.....
+
+Turns out its the format of the chroma planes.
+
+Even there, did the author desperately need to save 2 characters?
+
+## Related
+
+- Spine: [[archive/threads/mike_acton/2023-07-01-its-very-easy-to-tell-when-i-named-something]]
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+---
+title: "@mike_acton I agree! Had this recently where I was told in a PR to change member names and parameters from eg exception to err and request to req."
+type: archive
+source: twitter
+source_url: "https://x.com/tiredortired/status/1675457285299027968"
+author: "Tired"
+handle: tiredortired
+post_id: "1675457285299027968"
+date: 2023-07-02
+archived: 2026-08-25
+draft: false
+tags:
+  - archive
+  - twitter
+  - mike_acton
+description: "@mike_acton I agree! Had this recently where I was told in a PR to change member names and parameters from eg exception to err and request to req."
+in_reply_to: ""
+parent_post_id: "1675238071070240768"
+---
+
+## Source
+
+- URL: https://x.com/tiredortired/status/1675457285299027968
+- Author: Tired (@tiredortired)
+- Posted: 2023-07-02 10:51:59
+
+## Branch
+
+**1/** **@tiredortired** ^1675457285299027968
+
+**@mike_acton**
+
+I agree! Had this recently where I was told in a PR to change member names and parameters from eg exception to err and request to req. It really caused me a lot of anguish.
+
+I’m a big fan of “German naming convention” AKA using actual descriptive names. https://chrisdone.com/posts/german-naming-convention/
+
+## Related
+
+- Spine: [[archive/threads/mike_acton/2023-07-01-its-very-easy-to-tell-when-i-named-something]]
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+---
+title: "@mike_acton long explicit names are the best, specially since almost everyone will use autocompletion anyway"
+type: archive
+source: twitter
+source_url: "https://x.com/pplux/status/1675909031796387849"
+author: "Jose L. Hidalgo"
+handle: pplux
+post_id: "1675909031796387849"
+date: 2023-07-03
+archived: 2026-08-25
+draft: false
+tags:
+  - archive
+  - twitter
+  - mike_acton
+description: "@mike_acton long explicit names are the best, specially since almost everyone will use autocompletion anyway"
+in_reply_to: ""
+parent_post_id: "1675238071070240768"
+---
+
+## Source
+
+- URL: https://x.com/pplux/status/1675909031796387849
+- Author: Jose L. Hidalgo (@pplux)
+- Posted: 2023-07-03 16:47:04
+
+## Branch
+
+**1/** **@pplux** ^1675909031796387849
+
+**@mike_acton**
+
+long explicit names are the best, specially since almost everyone will use autocompletion anyway
+
+## Related
+
+- Spine: [[archive/threads/mike_acton/2023-07-01-its-very-easy-to-tell-when-i-named-something]]
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+---
+title: "@mike_acton prefix naming improves speed reading code because you do not need to retrace (go back) and check what variable is."
+type: archive
+source: twitter
+source_url: "https://x.com/PerGhosh/status/1690800112262434817"
+author: "Per Ghosh"
+handle: PerGhosh
+post_id: "1690800112262434817"
+date: 2023-08-13
+archived: 2026-08-25
+draft: false
+tags:
+  - archive
+  - twitter
+  - mike_acton
+description: "@mike_acton prefix naming improves speed reading code because you do not need to retrace (go back) and check what variable is."
+in_reply_to: ""
+parent_post_id: "1675238071070240768"
+---
+
+## Source
+
+- URL: https://x.com/PerGhosh/status/1690800112262434817
+- Author: Per Ghosh (@PerGhosh)
+- Posted: 2023-08-13 18:58:54
+
+## Branch
+
+**1/** **@PerGhosh** ^1690800112262434817
+
+**@mike_acton**
+
+prefix naming improves speed reading code because you do not need to retrace (go back) and check what variable is.
+
+![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F3btrdoW0AIdHfe?format=jpg&name=orig)
+
+## Related
+
+- Spine: [[archive/threads/mike_acton/2023-07-01-its-very-easy-to-tell-when-i-named-something]]
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+---
+title: "It’s very easy to tell when I named something."
+type: archive
+source: twitter
+source_url: "https://x.com/mike_acton/status/1675238071070240768"
+author: "Mike Acton"
+handle: mike_acton
+post_id: "1675238071070240768"
+date: 2023-07-01
+archived: 2026-08-25
+draft: false
+tags:
+  - archive
+  - twitter
+  - mike_acton
+description: "It’s very easy to tell when I named something."
+in_reply_to: ""
+---
+
+## Source
+
+- URL: https://x.com/mike_acton/status/1675238071070240768
+- Author: Mike Acton (@mike_acton)
+- Posted: 2023-07-01 20:20:55
+
+## Thread
+
+**1/** **@mike_acton** ^1675238071070240768
+
+It’s very easy to tell when I named something.
+1) I prefer descriptive names.
+2) I don’t spend mental cycles trying to find the “best” or shortest name.
+3) People who really care about naming things often hate them, so they’ll do it for me next time and I won’t have to.
+
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