• deranger@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    I can’t stand “a16z” type abbreviations. “a11y” for accessibility is ironically inaccessible unless you already know. I hate having to search these terms just to figure out what they’re talking about. “a16z” is apparently Andreessen Horowitz. How is that intuitive or accessible?

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          They’re shorthand for long words you don’t want to type. You keep the first and last letter and replace the rest of the word with the number of characters you removed.

          Kubernetes ➡️ K8s Observability ➡️ O11y

          🤷🏼‍♂️

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            And I thought that “8” had something to do with “netes” because it somewhat resembles the pronunciation 🤦‍♂️

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              Yeah this is my first time learning this too and k8s is something that comes up almost daily for me.

              I18n is the only one that clues in for me (internationalization).

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              I thought the same until the barbarians came @me with O11y and one of my coworkers asked where the f they got “oh eleveny” from.

              I just thought 8 = netes.

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      Yeah they should just give him some stupid nickname… like meatball Ron, space Karen… etc… etc… making fun of these jokers should become the norm.

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      I agree with your general idea, but a16z is almost as well known as “Andreessen Horowitz”, it’s by this point their brand name.

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        A16Z’s brand is celebrating fascism, backing crypto, and forgetting to be an effective VC

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          Not just backing crypto, but actually taking part in crypto pump and dumps (they deny this, but that doesn’t mean anything).