Naming

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Ask yourself
Alternatives
Contrasts
Antonyms

Ask yourself

Will a newcomer understand the meaning of the name?

Alternatives

General	Specific
`send`	`deliver`, `dispatch`, `announce`, `distribute`, `route`
`find`	`search`, `extract`, `locate`, `recover`
`start`	`launch`, `create`, `begin`, `open`
`make`	`create`, `setup`, `build`, `generate`, `compose`, `add`, `new`
`filter`	`select`, `exclude`
`delay`	`delay_secs`
`size`	`size_mb`
`limit`	`max_kbps`
`angle`	`degrees_cw`
`password`	`plaintext_password`
`html`	`html_utf8`
`data`	`data_urlenc`

Contrasts

existing vs. extant

existing could be relatively new.
extant means something that has existed for a long time, that has not been destroyed.

https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/extant-vs-existing.2986681/

indices vs. indexes

indices: a plural form of a scientific number
indexes: a plural form of a database index

planned_at vs. scheduled_at

planned_at: for a place
schduled_at: for a specific time

version vs. revision

version is mostly used in software
revision is a noun form of revise, more general
In some sense, reivision stands for a major release, while version stands for small changes.

http://www.product-lifecycle-management.com/plm-revision-version.htm

min,max vs. first,last vs. begin,end

[ min, max ]: inclusive limits
[ first, last ]: incluslive range
[ begin, end): inclusive at first, exclusive at last

Antonyms

A	B	Note
`parse`	`compose`, `serialize`, `unparse`	stackoverflow
`min`	`max`	`[min, max]`, inclusive limits
`first`	`last`	`[f, l]`, incluslive range
`begin`	`end`	`[b, e]`, inclusive at begin, exclusive at end