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The Case For Proper Capitalization

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23 days ago 196.7K views 0 shares

The Case For Proper Capitalization

Ah, the sacred art of variable naming. When your brain sees userId , it reads "user ID." But when it sees userid , your inner voice screams "USER-id???" like some confused database goblin. This is the hill many senior devs choose to die on after years of staring at poorly named variables. We'll spend 15 minutes in code review arguing about capitalization but somehow let that 500-line function with no comments slide right through.

I Hate When Someone Does This

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3 months ago 112.0K views 0 shares

I Hate When Someone Does This

Left side: if (x) - Clean, elegant, gets the job done. The face of a developer who writes efficient code and doesn't waste keystrokes. Right side: if (x == true) - The haunting visage of someone who also types "ATM machine" and enters their "PIN number" at the "LCD display." Probably uses light mode in their IDE too. The explicit comparison is redundant since the condition already evaluates to a boolean. It's like ordering a "hamburger with meat" - we know, that's what makes it a hamburger.