20 points
Rolling onto a client that uses “O11y” for observability almost gave me permanent damage.
8 points
This is the first time I’ve ever even heard of these kinds of abbreviations, what the hell even are they?
12 points
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
🤷🏼♂️
13 points
And I thought that “8” had something to do with “netes” because it somewhat resembles the pronunciation 🤦♂️
7 points