Some notes on naming conventions

Singular or plural?

This can be a much larger conversation, really. In the Ruby on Rails (RoR) framework, what is plural and what is singular is very specific.

I'd like to additionally note, that since I apply Occam's Razor to everything, and simplify everything, then generally speaking my names are singular, because plularily can be removed. This helps me easier find names in the future.

For example, let's say I'm putting backups (plural, many backups) in an AWS bucket (folder). should the bucket  (folder) be called `backup` or `backups`? My answer is, it should be called `backup` because it is simpler than `backups`, plural here carries no meaning and is omitted.

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