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Discussion on: How much should you refactor names when domain terminology changes?

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Dian Fay

It's good to keep nomenclature consistent since if someone joins your team they won't have the historical knowledge that a "monitor" is what everyone else calls "display" and is only labeled "monitor" in legacy code, but it's also pretty low-priority as refactors go. Good to do it eventually, no need to jump on it immediately.

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Hudson Burgess

if someone joins your team they won't have the historical knowledge

One of my top reasons for doing this kind of refactor. I'm essentially the only frontend dev at my company, so it's a non-issue at the moment :P but I don't want to confuse future devs either