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@mike_acton At one of the places I worked, we abhorred abbreviations in variable names because:

@mike_acton At one of the places I worked, we abhorred abbreviations in variable names because:

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description@mike_acton At one of the places I worked, we abhorred abbreviations in variable names because:

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  • URL: https://x.com/nobunagaota/status/1675629934297980929
  • Author: Robbie Dieterich (@nobunagaota)
  • Posted: 2023-07-02 22:18:02

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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.

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