If you are starting a project, but you have no idea how to call it, maybe just a placeholder, how do you name it?
My goto is Douglas1 or test1, how about yours?
If you are starting a project, but you have no idea how to call it, maybe just a placeholder, how do you name it?
My goto is Douglas1 or test1, how about yours?
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I use the word yolo all over my dev environment in various contexts.
temp or tmp most of the time.
When running each loops, I always assign the
each
variable as x, y, or z.Also, a lot of things are called
asdf
or some variation of that.Iβm running on the βiβ, βjβ religion. But I can totally understand that
i, j, k FTW!
Gotta respect that unit vector
I name things based on what I'm thinking right at that moment.
I usually start with a name that I think captures what I'm working on. Maybe a branch name, or a directory name. Then about 2hours, or 2days later, I make a PR with a subject and branch name that absolutely don't line up.
Sometimes I'm right though, and it feels satisfying. But often wrong, for example, from today:
fix/trigger-action
:)
I use the names of Greek Gods or animals. Like Zeus or narwhal.
I use npmjs.com/package/nsaname/
Waffles and pickles abound in my projects, be they classnames, logging or project names.
my first choice while learning a lang or lib is "hello x", like "hellodart".
Then, when I want to do something more involved, its usually dartymcdartface.
The commit-messages for my playaround-projects are mostly some song-lyrics that happen to play either in my head or headphones while i do the commit, like "bluebirds are so natural".
(Same with savegames back when one could name savegames in PC-games)
I used i, j, k for loops, and every other letter for other variables.
My go-to word for any placeholder or bogus strings for tests is "banana". If I need more, I go with "apple" and "orange".
mine,
Finding project names smartly
Saurabh πͺπ€
I don't do it. I will literally sit, flow-stopped, doing nothing, until I think of a good descriptive name.
biff
scuzz
junk
whatevs
are a couple I keep returning toFor projects, I pick island names from archipelagos I like.
lala
is my favorite!it's:
la
two times)lalalalala
as long you want. I swear)lala
-> customization engine ->lolo
|lili
etc)For times that laziness pass the upper limit,
a
,b
,c
are fine too :p