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Re:Software component names should be whimsical and cryptic by noworriesnate on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @10:10AM (#32824497)
I was once tasked with extracting valuable IP from a legacy codebase where the developers had named all types after animals. So there was a SealService, a WalrusFactory, etc. etc. It was horrible and infuriating. They thought they were being cute, instead they just made everyone who ever looked at their code hate them with a passion.

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