#best practices

[prokopetz]

Discourse about best practices in coding starts to make a lot more sense when you understand that 95% of it is built on the assumption that every single person who interacts with the code in any capacity whatsoever will be a dedicated hobbyist.

Like, yes, I'm sure the approach you're advocating is wonderfully self-documenting when the person looking at the code has decades of experience with the language in which it's written, and sufficient subject matter expertise regarding the processes it's implementing that they can intuitively draw a line between what the code is doing and why it's doing it, but how about when the person looking at it has no relevant subject matter expertise and no prior experience with the language in question, having been given the task of revising the code you left behind twenty years ago simply because they're the only one currently on the team who knows what a variable is?

Best practices are going to look pretty different depending on which of these maintenance scenarios you're assuming is typical, and statistically, the second one is a heck of a lot more likely!

[fatcathappycat]

Question for Ao3 authors!

As an avid reader who loves, admires and wants to support Ao3 authors, I’m curious as to what is the best protocol for when we come across typos or significant error? I would love to know!

I’m happy to go ‘hunh’ and move on, but I’ve read that some folks feel like typos are like speed-bumps and derail the momentum of the read, and depending on the error, they might even abandon the fic :(

Is there a way to discreetly contact an author in Ao3 that I don’t know about? Would love to know your opinions and suggestions!

What’s the best way for readers to approach typos?

Ignore them

Calling attention to it in comment section

DM author through their socials

Other? (Suggest in comment or tag)

Voting ended onFeb 23, 2025

[zenosanalytic]

is there a system to how you add tags to your rbs? just curious, bc ive noticed you add the username and sometimes a line from the post itself (if its an image usuall y?) but i was wondering whether you actually keep track of the other tags you put in or if its just random/commentary-ish

Yes: there IS a system. I tag for subject matter, and if there's an Iconic Line I'll tag it AND 'Compelling Phraseology' so I have a nice tag full of pithy phrases, and then sometimes I'll tag for Vibes or characters a post reminds me of. But then I ALSO put commentary in sometimes, obvsl, then I have a whole series of tags for stuff I do, like 'zA's Inveterate Politicism' for whenever I rant about politics. I try to stay consistent, but sometimes I forget, and sometimes I phase out tags, and sometimes I misspell them without realizing it, so I won't claim it's 100%. There is a notebook u_u u_u

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[shetumbler]

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[perrysoup]

Y’all I am begging

If you referencing a SPECIFIC EVENT please provide sources for where you got that info.

Videos, News Articles, I don’t care if it’s a freaking thing reported via tweet, please link the details

This is ESPECIALLY true for referencing historic events.

This helps prove your point, inform more people, and helps counter the question of if the statement is legit or not

[butterflyrocketstudios]

re that ask of kit using a cute pick up line and jasper saying “show me rather than tell me” — is giving him soft kisses all over every day an acceptable replacement?😘🤭

(author's notes: "Kit" is the default name given to the MC, and can be changed; while the answers here are predicated on a romantic interaction, Bright Oak also accommodates non-romantic/friendship relationships with the individual characters if preferred)

Jasper, completely straight-faced: "I suppose the next step to take after forming a theory is to then test it through practical application, correct...? What controls do you propose? Will there be other forms of kisses involved in testing? Will I be blindfolded? Or-- do you plan to execute this plan without any control whatsoever...?" (smiles very very slightly) "Seems risky if you don't know what you're getting into. I am a rather-- reactive subject. Could have unanticipated results."