I can’t stand “a16z” type abbreviations. “a11y” for accessibility is ironically inaccessible unless you already know. I hate having to search these terms just to figure out what they’re talking about. “a16z” is apparently Andreessen Horowitz. How is that intuitive or accessible?
Rolling onto a client that uses “O11y” for observability almost gave me permanent damage.
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.
Very true, and impossible to translate also. They’re terrible for i18n
Yeah they should just give him some stupid nickname… like meatball Ron, space Karen… etc… etc… making fun of these jokers should become the norm.
I agree with your general idea, but a16z is almost as well known as “Andreessen Horowitz”, it’s by this point their brand name.
I can validate. I’ve never heard of either one before.
A16Z’s brand is celebrating fascism, backing crypto, and forgetting to be an effective VC
Not just backing crypto, but actually taking part in crypto pump and dumps (they deny this, but that doesn’t mean anything).
In your opinion, what makes a VC effective or not ?
