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Synapse, backed by a16z, has collapsed, and 10 million consumers could be hurt (techcrunch.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (9 children)

This is the first time I've ever even heard of these kinds of abbreviations, what the hell even are they?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (8 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (6 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

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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