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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

we become programmers because we lack creativity. my brain short circuits when i have to come up with something other than "foo", "bar", or maybe even "baz"

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Programming is quite literally creative problem solving, so I doubt that programmers lack creativity.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Problem solving, of course, but creative writing, composition, and art... not my cup of tea.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I have the opposite problem, my variables are sometimes too descriptive. I even annoy myself at times with VariableThatDoesThisOneThing and VariableThatDoesDifferentThing just because I want to be able to come back later and not wonder what I was smoking.