{"id":6410,"date":"2020-01-07T18:18:01","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T23:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/?p=6410"},"modified":"2020-01-07T18:18:22","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T23:18:22","slug":"changing-your-name-is-a-hard-unsolved-problem-in-computer-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/changing-your-name-is-a-hard-unsolved-problem-in-computer-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing your name is a hard unsolved problem in Computer Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nerdy joke is that there are only 2 hard problems in computer science:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Naming things<\/li><li>Cache invalidation<\/li><li>Off by one errors<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve recently had the interesting experience of changing my name. I \nhave my name: the one I use on a daily basis, the one I identify with, \nthe one to which I actually respond. I also have the name I was born \nunder, or my &#8220;deadname&#8221; in the colloquial trans parlance. I don\u2019t really\n identify with this name any more, but it follows me around like a \nspectre haunting Europe. There&#8217;s now a noticeable gap between me hearing\n my deadname and realising someone&#8217;s referring to me. It&#8217;s fun to see \nhow quickly those things change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, this brings me to my primary conceit for this post. We, as an industry, are <em>horrible<\/em>  at accepting name changes for folks. In this post I&#8217;ll give some  examples of things I&#8217;ve seen done wrong. I&#8217;ll show you how you can make  your application better for folks who are changing their name. Let\u2019s  dive in!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.to\/penelope_zone\/changing-your-name-is-a-hard-unsolved-problem-in-computer-science-kjf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Changing your name is a hard unsolved problem in Computer Science (opens in a new tab)\">Changing your name is a hard unsolved problem in Computer Science<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nerdy joke is that there are only 2 hard problems in computer science: Naming things Cache invalidation Off by one errors I&#8217;ve recently had the interesting experience of changing my name. I have my name: the one I use on a daily basis, the one I identify with, the one to which I actually [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1901],"tags":[1934],"class_list":["post-6410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-identity-access-management","tag-change-name"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Identity_and_Access_Management_Post.png?fit=141%2C124&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p25vfy-1Fo","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6411,"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6410\/revisions\/6411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}