I’ve been at this for 25 years and a restriction on variable name length hasn’t been a problem since then.

A good senior dev shouldn’t just be older, they should have continued to learn and evolve.

I do remember texting abbreviations because we texted on a number pad with no autocomplete.

Everyone I know was happy to switch to better keyboards and autocomplete as soon as they were available.

Ugh.

Solution: Code Style Guidelines doc that the team agrees on. A checkbox in the PR template that affirms that code is compliant with the guidelines.

This way it’s not personal, it’s a rule that everyone should follow as a shared standard.