# kettanaito/naming-cheatsheet

Comprehensive language-agnostic guidelines on variables naming. Home of the A/HC/LC pattern.

Repository: https://github.com/kettanaito/naming-cheatsheet
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/naming-cheatsheet
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: naming, naming-conventions, naming-cheatsheet, cheatsheet, variables, guideline, guidelines, pattern, naming-schemes, naming-pattern, prefix, action, high-context, low-context
Last push: 2024-03-13T22:39:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3351, "days_push": 903, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 14186, forks 953 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:06.404355+00:00)

## What it is
A language-agnostic cheatsheet of guidelines for naming variables and functions, home of the A/HC/LC (Action/High Context/Low Context) pattern. It covers conventions like S-I-D (short, intuitive, descriptive), avoiding contractions and context duplication, with JavaScript examples.

## Use cases
- improve variable naming in my code
- learn how to name functions consistently
- find a naming convention guide for my team
- understand the A/HC/LC naming pattern
- stop using bad abbreviations in code
- teach junior developers naming best practices

## When to choose
- you want concise, practical naming guidelines applicable to any programming language
- you are writing style guides or onboarding documentation for a team
- you struggle with naming variables, functions, or prefixes

## When to avoid
- you need automated naming enforcement or linting rules rather than guidelines
- you need language-specific official style guides (e.g., PEP 8, Google Java Style)
- you need a tool that renames code automatically

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: stable
- function: developer-tools, documentation
- domain: developer-tools, programming-languages, tutorials
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: naming-conventions, cheatsheet, code-quality, variables, readability, language-agnostic

## Member repositories
- kettanaito/naming-cheatsheet (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:06.404355+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:12:44.894477+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kettanaito/naming-cheatsheet (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:06.404355+00:00, sha 2cf3ef783619)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.