Nice! You'd asked for my thoughts on this article [0]. Choosing the correction level of abstraction is an important part of naming, so I appreciate that the article focuses on it. (In case anyone is curious, this topic is discussed in the book, too.)
Walking through the Abstraction Ladder with an example is a useful approach here. I'm curious if the same takeaways could be achieved in fewer words (it looks like the article is currently ~3,000 words). I've personally found the Pyramid Principle [1] to be a helpful starting point for determining which points I'd like to make within a piece of writing and then structuring the content around those, which may be applicable here, too.
Thanks for reading and providing feedback. Yes, it definitely could've been shorter, but everything in it is intentional. Many longer pieces suffer from lack of editing, which was definitely not the case here. Looking forward to your book!
Thanks for the thorough feedback! I really appreciate specific feedback like this. (I'm the author.)
I agree with many of these points, and the content of the book has more alignment with your perspective than the brief list of principles may suggest.
Many of these principles (and their names) still seem imperfect to me, but I've been struggling to find better ones. I'll take a look at The Kingkiller Chronicle; if you have other thoughts on how to improve the principles apart from what you've mentioned above, please don't hesitate to let me know.
>I agree with many of these points, and the content of the book has more alignment with your perspective than the brief list of principles may suggest.
Interesting! I shall keep reading in that case! Will let you know if I have any further feedback.
> I'll take a look at The Kingkiller Chronicle
The blog posts that touch on naming are here [1] but there are definitely a lot of posts just related to baby names there. He also talks about it in his podcast with Cards Against Humanity's Max Temkin [2]
Hi, I'm the author. It's exciting to see this on HN! Feedback about this topic (here and elsewhere) has been immensely helpful, so please don't hesitate to let me know your thoughts in a comment here or via email [0].
Glad that this topic is important to you, too! I should be able to follow up on your comment soon. Because the article is long, I want to make sure I have time to give it a thorough read.
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Walking through the Abstraction Ladder with an example is a useful approach here. I'm curious if the same takeaways could be achieved in fewer words (it looks like the article is currently ~3,000 words). I've personally found the Pyramid Principle [1] to be a helpful starting point for determining which points I'd like to make within a piece of writing and then structuring the content around those, which may be applicable here, too.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22318512
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Pyramid-Principle-Logic-Writing-Think...