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		surement on Jan 10, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Names should be cute, not descriptive just name things with single letters and when you run out you can use double letters etc. you'll be so fast at writing code a promotion is sure to follow

contravariant on Jan 10, 2023 [–]

Contrarian take:

If your code is unreadable with single letter variable names your comments aren't clear enough. Case in point: Mathematics.

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