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I find this follow on article really helpful: https://shinesolutions.com/2018/01/08/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names-with-examples/ https://shinesolut
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I find this follow on article really helpful: https://shinesolutions.com/2018/01/08/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names-with-examples/ https://shinesolutions.com/2018/01/08/falsehoods-programmers...
It contains concrete examples of each of the ideas listed in the first article.
- Muskwalker 2mo agoThe author there reads the point "Two different data entry operators, given a person’s name, will by necessity enter bitwise equivalent strings on any single system, if the system is well-designed" by thinking in terms of erroneous spelling, but also relevant is encoding issues such as lookalike characters. Peter Biľak gives a story on bumping into this for the accent in his name. https://www.typotheque.com/articles/lcaron https://www.typotheque.com/articles/lcaron