counter point - people are going to use them, better to expose newbies early and often and then everyone is better off
shorthands will always be in demand. we used to say “horseless carriage”, then “automobile”, then “car”. would you rather use Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation or just “laser”s? etc
in the new york times? sure, spell out observability. but on HN? come on. the term is 7 years old and is used all over the site. it’s earned it
Or we could use words that don't require people to use Google just to be able to read. A dependence on a search engine for reading text is unnecessary.
If you find typing tedious just use autocomplete or other tools instead of making it the readers' problem.
counter point - people are going to use them, better to expose newbies early and often and then everyone is better off
shorthands will always be in demand. we used to say “horseless carriage”, then “automobile”, then “car”. would you rather use Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation or just “laser”s? etc
in the new york times? sure, spell out observability. but on HN? come on. the term is 7 years old and is used all over the site. it’s earned it