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One CTO's quest to never type “the” again

• Spastche 3y ago
  Trying to eliminate words is like trying to eliminate punctuation.
  • eschluntz 3y ago
    Author here - I'm not eliminating anything, I'm using keyboard shortcuts :) t -> the st -> something iirc -> if I remember correctly etc. I autogenerated 200 abbreviations from analyzing 6 months of my writing on slack
• retrac 3y ago
  > ABBG LG WORDS CAN SAVE XB AMTS MON AVOG FAPIB > Abbreviating long words can save exorbitant amounts of money, avoiding filing a petition in bankruptcy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_Code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_Code (The origin of "SCOTUS" and "POTUS", among others.)