For developers, the names of things don't really matter
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This is all just stuff. Nobody knows what any of this stuff is until they need to know it, and then they go learn it. So I just don't think it's a problem,
Episode 194: Freak Off Friday (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:30:20 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Summary
Dave doesn't think tag names matter much to developers. Many programmers don't even read English, and they still learn what things look like. Nobody knows what JSON stands for. 'Nobody knows what any of this stuff is until they need to know it, and then they go learn it.' So don't bikeshed over naming.
Not in the audio. The non-English and JSON examples come from Dave's preceding turn at 00:29:23.
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Episode 83: Pushin' Paper (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:29:08 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
I have a sort of a fiery intense hatred of discussions about what to name things.
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Episode 105: Bombshell! (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:31:30 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
the names don't matter. Because we're developers, and we can learn to use anything. Developers, these tags will never be seen by him by actual human beings,
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