Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

Quite a bit of sentiment around against long names, I personally am fine with them up to about 30-35 chars or so, then they start to really intrude. Glad you’re not put off by choosing function over form!



Stretch it to 36, and that is four not-all-that short words, at 4× 9 = 36 letters. Form and function! :-)

So it gets monstrous only from five words upwards or so... But still, I think I may by sheer coincidence have come up with a heuristic (that I'm somewhat proud of): The more convoluted the logic = the longer the code needed to express it ==> the longer a name it "deserves".




Consider applying for YC's Spring batch! Applications are open till Feb 11.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: