<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@http_error_418" class="u-url mention">@<span>http_error_418</span></a></span> there is nuance to it but it&#39;s honestly not worth going into, given that the whole tendency is essentially minor self-harm i&#39;m choosing to engage in out of sentimentality</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> oh. If sounded like, if you could rewrite the file to make the correct length seven, that you knew what thing it was that you were changing in order to make it seven? Like, maybe all the other variables in that file had seven letter names </p><p>But if it&#39;s random and you Just Know™, I can accept that as an answer</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@tef" class="u-url mention">@<span>tef</span></a></span> I can _know_ that the name doesn&#39;t matter, that the code goes to trash anyway, and that nobody will mind or even care, and still be stuck on it, which is what makes it hellish. this usually only happens when I&#39;m stressed though</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@Sollenbum" class="u-url mention">@<span>Sollenbum</span></a></span> haha I was supposed to watch The Double but ended up watching Princess Royal ... live.<br />Irony 🤪</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@tef" class="u-url mention">@<span>tef</span></a></span> the reason i call it &quot;OCD&quot; is because it makes my life worse, my decisions less appropriate, and my collaboration less effective</p><p>this is in contrast to &quot;attention to detail&quot;, something I also have and which generally improves my life</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@http_error_418" class="u-url mention">@<span>http_error_418</span></a></span> it&#39;s kind of just random</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> at the same time, nothing&#39;s quite satisfying as a good name, kinda ties all the code together</p><p>i&#39;ve gotten better at using placeholders and juggling them around until i find something that fits, but there have been several times where all work stops when i stumble to name something</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> what is it that makes five letters the necessary number? (Or seven, when it&#39;s seven)</p>

<p>it makes API design a ninth circle of Hell</p>