A polemic against the use of one of the most common idioms in the Go world: boolean variables named ok

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The post discusses the convention of naming boolean existence variables in Go as 'ok', and argues that it is harmful and should be replaced with a more descriptive convention such as 'exists'. It provides examples and benefits of using the new convention.

ok Considered Harmful

<p>ah, unfortunately, variable scoping sucks in go, you run out of identifiers very quickly, especially on package level</p>
