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Overly Long Variable Name Could Have Been a Comment

https://jonathan-frere.com/posts/names-vs-comments/
1•pavel_lishin•6h ago

Comments

pavel_lishin•6h ago
I wish they had included some examples.

I'm a big fan of breaking things down into intermediate steps, to make the whole flow easier to understand. Sometimes comments are necessary - but usually I can come up with intuitive variable names.

KingLancelot•6h ago
I disagree.

Comments are to explain why, not how.

Gaza aid contractor tells BBC he saw colleagues fire on hungry Palestinians

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnvmry71q5yo
1•bravesoul2•1m ago•0 comments

There's No Undo Button for Our Fallen Democracy

https://kottke.org/25/07/theres-no-undo-button-for-our-fallen-democracy
1•tastyface•1m ago•0 comments

Michael Madsen, star of Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill, dies aged 67

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/michael-madsen-death
2•benoitg•4m ago•0 comments

Debouncing API Calls

https://thomascountz.com/2025/07/02/debouncing-api-calls
1•thomascountz•5m ago•0 comments

Agents page for GitHub Copilot coding agent

https://github.blog/changelog/2025-07-02-agents-page-for-copilot-coding-agent-in-public-preview/
1•e2e4•5m ago•0 comments

Jaron Lanier discussing the future of AI: It's all just real people (2012) [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-5s51Cm7-c
2•ohjeez•6m ago•0 comments

Optimize CPU performance with Instruments [video]

https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2025/308/
1•sebg•7m ago•0 comments

The Aha! Moment: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Insight (2009)

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233507940_The_Aha_Moment_The_Cognitive_Neuroscience_of_Insight
1•wslh•7m ago•0 comments

Can We Afford Large-Scale Solar PV?

https://www.construction-physics.com/p/can-we-afford-large-scale-solar-pv
1•gwintrob•7m ago•0 comments

The 5 Best Portable Radios for Emergencies and Everyday Use

https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/g18923078/best-radios/
1•Bluestein•9m ago•0 comments

Rethinking Data Use in Large Language Models (2024)[pdf]

https://www.sewonmin.com/assets/Sewon_Min_Thesis.pdf
1•mitchbob•13m ago•1 comments

Norway Reached 96.9% Market Share for EVs in June

https://mobilityportal.eu/norway-96-9-market-share-evs/
3•andsoitis•14m ago•0 comments

Trump officials want to prosecute over the ICEblock app

https://www.wired.com/story/trump-officials-want-to-prosecute-over-the-iceblock-app-lawyers-say-thats-unconstitutional/
3•amarcheschi•14m ago•3 comments

Marketing Failures of Cybersecurity Founders: Causes and AI-Driven Solutions

https://guptadeepak.com/why-technical-cybersecurity-founders-fail-at-marketing/
1•guptadeepak•14m ago•1 comments

Tesla bounces back in Norway and Spain, as EV market surges across Europe

https://thedriven.io/2025/07/02/tesla-bounces-back-in-norway-and-spain-as-ev-market-surges-across-europe/
1•andsoitis•17m ago•0 comments

The Bill of Rights – How IRL Argued the Constitution into Existence

https://thecurrentbyriver.substack.com/p/how-irl-argued-the-constitution-into
2•rmason•18m ago•0 comments

Brave1 Market – Ukraine's New Online Marketplace for Drones, Kit and Equipment [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vURzYBhnQ6Q
2•erikw•20m ago•0 comments

Wall Street hedge funds are gambling millions on Eaton fire insurance claims

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-06-24/wall-street-investors-try-to-profit-from-eaton-fire-insurance-claims
1•PaulHoule•22m ago•0 comments

Soham Tracker

https://www.sohamtracker.com
2•hlau•22m ago•0 comments

Roadmap Towards the Redefinition of the Second (2024)

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1681-7575/ad17d2
1•fanf2•24m ago•0 comments

Largest-Known Martian Meteorite Lands on the Auction Block

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mars-meteorite-sothebys-auction-2663688
2•andsoitis•24m ago•0 comments

A simple opensource social media researcher powered by exa ai api and youtube v

https://github.com/KasPeR0990/yurei-app
20•kasper_0990•26m ago•2 comments

.NET Memory Model

https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/main/docs/design/specs/Memory-model.md
4•Metalnem•26m ago•0 comments

We Serve Millions of Requests on a Single VM

https://gametorch.app/blog/how-we-serve-millions-of-requests
2•gametorch•28m ago•0 comments

Neither AI nor E Ink can make touchscreen trackpads a good idea

https://www.engadget.com/computing/laptops/neither-ai-nor-e-ink-can-make-touchscreen-trackpads-a-good-idea-202505733.html
2•Bluestein•29m ago•1 comments

CSS conditionals with the new if() function

https://developer.chrome.com/blog/if-article
1•avivkeller•30m ago•0 comments

The American Party

https://www.americanparty.lol/
5•stophecom•31m ago•0 comments

Show HN: We paused our best-performing ad

https://www.kruxel.com/
1•bmahir•32m ago•0 comments

How the Hottest Place in India Survives

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/world/asia/india-heat.html
1•mitchbob•32m ago•1 comments

Comet, the browser from Perplexity – Browse at the speed of thought

https://www.perplexity.ai/comet/gettingstarted
1•gfortaine•33m ago•0 comments