Edit: Thank you guys for your insightful answers!

  • AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    8.3 is horrible in almost any moderately complex system. We have one at work and you basically need a index / translation document to figure out what the files or scripts do. The Database tables have similar short name limits.

    You eventually memorize the ones you use often but it creates a huge new / external parties to understand the system.