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Comment on Acronym Fatigue Series Introduction: why I'm wary of acronyms

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Agree acronyms are often used to signal expertise and depth that isn’t really there, or even needed.

But I do think non serious acronyms should be still allowed: YAGNI, YAML, SNAFU, BHAG, GNU, etc.

It's very similar to people that feel compelled to constantly name drop people and companies they've heard off that supposedly did some cool stuff that impressed them. A lot of the tech scene is people just blabbing at each other about who and what they've heard about.

Big Hairy Audacious Goal was a new one to me.

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