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minus-squarecloud_herder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·1 month 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-up13·1 month agoAnd I thought that “8” had something to do with “netes” because it somewhat resembles the pronunciation 🤦♂️
minus-squareIthi@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoYeah 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).
minus-squarecloud_herder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI think I’d still rather type out internationalization even if it doesn’t fit on a slide lol.
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoWas it a file system workaround, or character limit in some older programming language?
minus-squareNithanim@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoMan, I always found that weird but never looked it up…
minus-squarebarsquid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·30 days agoMy favorite is k3s. Named so that it is the same as k8s, but smaller.
minus-squarecloud_herder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoI 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.
minus-squarelaurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoI didn’t think I could hate a name shortening system this much but here we are
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 🤦♂️
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).
I think I’d still rather type out internationalization even if it doesn’t fit on a slide lol.
Was it a file system workaround, or character limit in some older programming language?
Man, I always found that weird but never looked it up…
My favorite is k3s. Named so that it is the same as k8s, but smaller.
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.
I didn’t think I could hate a name shortening system this much but here we are