20 years of programming
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A developer reflects on 20 years of programming experience, starting from game scripting at age 11 to professional software development. The post explores the challenges of naming in programming, arguing that changing names is artificially difficult due to siloed tools and plain text limitations. The author proposes structured text with linking capabilities as a potential solution, demonstrating how cross-reference renaming could work across code and documentation. The reflection includes insights on reading more code, diving deep into technologies, and maintaining work-life balance.
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20 years of programmingOn namingExample: how naming matters inside comments and outside the codeExample: names gaining ambiguity, forcing workaroundsPeek into a possible futureTo be continuedBonus: questions and answersSort: