Awesome Cold Showers

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The 'Awesome Cold Showers' GitHub repository shares research-backed insights on various tech topics, sparking discussion on the validity of certain claims, such as the readability of camelCase vs under_score.

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samtheDamned

2 months ago

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> when eye-tracking software was used to test the claim [camelCase is easier to read than under_score], two conclusions emerged: (1) developers are equally accurate regardless of style, but (2) the under_score style can be processed faster and easier.

I hadn't heard about hype for this but it's cool to see that it was put to the test.

j_bum

2 months ago

N.B.,

> "Subjects were historically trained mostly in the underscore identifier style and were all programmers."

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