ylai@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoSynapse, backed by a16z, has collapsed, and 10 million consumers could be hurttechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSynapse, backed by a16z, has collapsed, and 10 million consumers could be hurttechcrunch.comylai@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squarelaurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoThis is the first time I’ve ever even heard of these kinds of abbreviations, what the hell even are they?
minus-squarecloud_herder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoThey’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 🤷🏼♂️
minus-squareNithanim@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoAnd I thought that “8” had something to do with “netes” because it somewhat resembles the pronunciation 🤦♂️
minus-squarebarsquid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoMy favorite is k3s. Named so that it is the same as k8s, but smaller.
This is the first time I’ve ever even heard of these kinds of abbreviations, what the hell even are they?
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
🤷🏼♂️
And I thought that “8” had something to do with “netes” because it somewhat resembles the pronunciation 🤦♂️
My favorite is k3s. Named so that it is the same as k8s, but smaller.