Leave Beacons in Code

Leave beacons in your code. I would have avoided a silly error if a variable named xgb_train_data would have been named, for example, xgb_train_data_filepath instead.

When you can’t leave globally unique, persistent, resolvable identifiers (GUPRIs), mind your beacons.

References:

• F. Hermans, The Programmer’s brain: what every programmer needs to know about cognition, pp28-30. Shelter Island, NY: Manning, 2021.
• M. Crosby, J. Scholtz, and S. Wiedenbeck, “The roles beacons play in comprehension for novice and expert programmers,” Jul. 2002, [Online]. Available: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228592285_The_roles_beacons_play_in_comprehension_for_novice_and_expert_programmers