Signs of Triviality

November 15th, 2020

Coders have their own language, full of lingo, abbreviations, and hidden meanings. In this ongoing, irregularly updated series we shall try to decode it...

• 2018-07-18: "lgtm"
  

  The secret language of coders, part N of many. Today: "lgtm" pic.twitter.com/3dZZjUmAOD

  — Jan Schaumann (@jschauma) July 18, 2018

• 2019-04-24: "Pull Requests welcome""
  

  The secret language of coders, part N of many. Today: "Pull Requests welcome" pic.twitter.com/guSp8xBfIu

  — Jan Schaumann (@jschauma) April 24, 2019

• 2019-07-03: "Let's set up a quick meeting."
  

  The secret language of coders, part N of many. Today: "Let's set up a quick meeting." pic.twitter.com/Odo4JKrP4j

  — Jan Schaumann (@jschauma) July 3, 2019

• 2019-09-11: "the docs"
  

  The secret language of coders, part N of many. Today: "the docs" pic.twitter.com/B5jRu7zn9q

  — Jan Schaumann (@jschauma) September 11, 2019

• 2019-09-26: "post-mortem"
  

  The secret language of coders, part N of many. Today: "post-mortem" pic.twitter.com/V1SdeTlvh1

  — Jan Schaumann (@jschauma) September 26, 2019

• 2019-11-08: "EOL"
  

  The secret language of coders, part N of many. Today: "EOL" pic.twitter.com/VxXE62d571

  — Jan Schaumann (@jschauma) November 8, 2019

• 2020-02-06: "CI/CD"
  

  The secret language of coders, part N of many. Today: "CI/CD" pic.twitter.com/WLivgq6dAR

  — Jan Schaumann (@jschauma) February 6, 2020

• 2020-04-14: "bug"
  

  The secret language of coders, part N of many. Today: "bug" pic.twitter.com/6S1mH9zUlr

  — Jan Schaumann (@jschauma) April 14, 2020

• 2020-06-24: "proof of concept"
  

  The secret language of coders, part N of many. Today: "proof of concept" pic.twitter.com/rWYZLwyfGC

  — Jan Schaumann (@jschauma) June 24, 2020

• 2020-11-10: "owner"
  

  The secret language of coders, part N of many. Today: "owner" pic.twitter.com/UGenLQgNlE

  — Jan Schaumann (@jschauma) November 11, 2020

To be continued...

November 15th, 2020