Good Code Depends on Good Names

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This is my first blog post relating to software design. It talks about how naming and design go hand in hand, and about how readability takes priority over design. I'm aware that there are some pretty strong opinions out there, so fire away. What do you think?

> Holy side effects, batman.

I opened this post in a tab last week, and have been pushing back reading it for days. Finally read it today, and wanted to say - thank you! Your writing is clear and flows well, and I learned a bit of new stuff and got some great reminders/ideas about naming conventions. Looking forward to exploring the rest of your blog!

This is a good reminder. I'll send it to my colleagues who seem to think that the more expert you are (or want to look) the more cryptic your variables have to be.

PS: there's an ugly "it's you're problem" in bold towards the beginning

That's incredibly embarrassing. Thank you for pointing it out! I wrote this post while going through a bad head cold, so I'm afraid I missed quite a few typos and errors of that sort. Hopefully that's the last one.

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