I was working on RWikiBot, and if you were to look back at the early versions of the source code, you’d see that I used to request a name for the bots. And, dumb me, it was the first variable required. After a handful of updates and a lot of testing that required me to type in a name that ended up being a useless later in the code, I nixed it. Dropped it like a hot potato. I mean, why would I name the damn thing?

Here’s why - one day the bot will edit, and when it’s making updates, it probably ought to identify itself as whatever name the owner of the bot has designated for it. Sure, I call my bots RWikiBot, but you won’t. How did I have such foresight and yet be so dumb!?

Luckily it’s not that bad to add it back. And I’ve gotten smarter about coding stuff and testing. But still, dumb.