Status: IN
Naming drift is the empirically observable signature of domain-level quality selection: the domain's fixed-point dynamics select for algorithmic investment over engineering discipline (no force pushes toward fixing names), and naming drift — simultaneously the most pervasive engineering defect and the most harmless (definitive immunity proof) — is the visible residue of that selection, making it the canonical diagnostic for identifying LeetCode-domain quality dynamics in any codebase.
Naming drift is what domain selection LOOKS LIKE in practice — the most informative single observable because it simultaneously demonstrates both the selection pressure (no engineering fix incentive) and its consequence (harmless persistence)
Depends on (SL): naming-drift-is-definitive-immunity-proof, domain-is-fixed-point-of-quality-dynamics