Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names (2010)

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5 pointscgoodmac3 comments

Given all the concerns listed here, what's a good way to store names?

UTF8, no length limit, no parsing into pieces (first/last etc).

Whatever is closest to matching all the other systems you have to talk to, or expect to have to talk to.

compatibility > correctness

Humans are more fault-tolerant than computers.