▲ 36 ▼ Name before type: why 'age int' is better than 'int age' (benhoyt.com) submitted 1 day ago by lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 62 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] sik0fewl@piefed.ca 8 points 1 day ago (3 children) The word is bikeshedding. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago It's only bike shedding if the people arguing over it don't know enough about the topic to actually make cohesive arguments. Things like how we name things and the grammar we use are quite important in cognitive psychology. And we can take advantage of research into cognitive psychology to better improve how we write software. permalink fedilink source parent [–] graynk@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 19 hours ago I can never remember which one's bikeshedding and which one is yak shaving... but yeah! permalink fedilink source parent [–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 day ago (1 child) bikeshedding: Futile expenditure of time and energy in discussion of marginal technical issues. Not a term I was aware of. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 4 points 19 hours ago There was a pub in my town called the Bike Shed. I spent many happy hours there in futile discussions of marginal technical issues. Alas, they're now gone, I no longer drink alcohol, and the people I bikeshedded with have either died or moved away. I still occasionally shave a yak at work, though. Sometimes doing so is a necessary evil. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago It's only bike shedding if the people arguing over it don't know enough about the topic to actually make cohesive arguments. Things like how we name things and the grammar we use are quite important in cognitive psychology. And we can take advantage of research into cognitive psychology to better improve how we write software. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] graynk@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 19 hours ago I can never remember which one's bikeshedding and which one is yak shaving... but yeah! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 day ago (1 child) bikeshedding: Futile expenditure of time and energy in discussion of marginal technical issues. Not a term I was aware of. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 4 points 19 hours ago There was a pub in my town called the Bike Shed. I spent many happy hours there in futile discussions of marginal technical issues. Alas, they're now gone, I no longer drink alcohol, and the people I bikeshedded with have either died or moved away. I still occasionally shave a yak at work, though. Sometimes doing so is a necessary evil. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 4 points 19 hours ago There was a pub in my town called the Bike Shed. I spent many happy hours there in futile discussions of marginal technical issues. Alas, they're now gone, I no longer drink alcohol, and the people I bikeshedded with have either died or moved away. I still occasionally shave a yak at work, though. Sometimes doing so is a necessary evil. permalink fedilink source parent