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Are poets actually better at naming things? Or are they just more committed to their words and don't have consequences for poor naming?

Asking as someone who named something "urllib3" in 2007 and has to deal with this reality to this day lol.

I'd say people who deal with words - poets, being one of them (writers in general) are going to understand words a lot better than software engineers who don't think about the downstream consequences of emotional impact of memory, individually and collectively. So yeah, they probably would consider the weight that names have and take it seriously. 

example: for a non technical vibe coder - the difference between a well engineered product and vibe coded app is close to zero until they get into the details. same with naming.

On the topic of naming, I think there are dimensions at play:

1. What is the current meme? How long will it last? There's a real tradeoff between short term resonance vs long term classic status (think classic cars vs futuristic designs).
2. Who is the audience? Will the audience change over time?
3. What is the relevance through time? Will context persist as relevance changes?

Presenting a product identity can be very different from writing a classic poem. (Though I'm sure Apple stans will ride the line.)

Like most things, there's a big element of sales/marketing in naming. I don't think this is a skill that poets are necessarily predisposed to. Neither are programmers. But it's a necessary skill to develop to survive as an independent creator:

Like most things, there's a big element of sales/marketing in naming. I don't think this is a skill that poets are necessarily predisposed to. Neither are programmers. But it's a necessary skill to develop to survive as an independent creator: https://warpcast.com/shazow.eth/0x0f804c76

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Isn't that conflating static things with living things? Products and even variables in codebases are living changing things, they have to respond to the moment, they have to thrive or die, they have to be maintained by an everchanging group.

I think sales/marketing is a sort of short term timeline of naming things, but something that lasts longer requires a certain level of art, and creativity that goes beyond just business imo even if it is just a business