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Agree acronyms are often used to signal expertise and depth that isn’t really there, or even needed. But I do think non serious acronyms should be still allowe
by burnto 2mo ago
Agree acronyms are often used to signal expertise and depth that isn’t really there, or even needed.
But I do think non serious acronyms should be still allowed: YAGNI, YAML, SNAFU, BHAG, GNU, etc.
- Zecc 2mo agoBig Hairy Audacious Goal was a new one to me.
- jillesvangurp 2mo agoIt's very similar to people that feel compelled to constantly name drop people and companies they've heard off that supposedly did some cool stuff that impressed them. A lot of the tech scene is people just blabbing at each other about who and what they've heard about.