Joey Aghion

Half a Mind

by Joey Aghion

Why Projects Need Code Names

I recently posted to the Artsy engineering blog about why projects need code names.

At Artsy, our systems have peculiar code names like Gravity, Pulse, and Vortex. There’s a persistent learning curve as you contribute to different repositories or as new services get created. Numerous times, I’ve wondered: are code names worth the trouble?

It took me a while to be convinced of code names’ value, and I even propose some rules for your own project naming scheme:

https://artsy.github.io/blog/2019/05/10/why-projects-need-codenames/