Just now, I was complaining about people who can't be bothered to type "kubernetes" and instead type "k8s" and how 8 is not a high enough number of characters to elide a la i18n. And then my boss called me, out loud, B1n. So now I'm a Star Wars robot: B1-N.
@er1n You could use "kubes"? IDK… I just find that specific way of abbreviating things really annoying because it's so antagonistic to new folks picking up the jargon.
@benhamill oh, yeah, that's a much better shortening tbh
@er1n It also makes it sound like you're talking about your friend with a weird nickname. "Oh, dude. Did you hear what happened to Kubes? Almost got hit by a car biking to work the other day. Some asshat on their cellphone!" 😜
@benhamill @er1n at work, kubectl is canonically known as "kc", so when you're speaking it talks like you have a friend named Casey who is going to make some changes to your cluster's configuration.
@technomancy @er1n That's pretty good.
@benhamill I think anyone using "k8s" better be prepared to hear their favorite technology called "Kates".
@kurtm The original poster was inspired by a joke post of PHP CEO asking if he could use "Kate's".
@benhamill p4e a1e s0o l2y
@iks Exactly. I have no idea what this says, so: exactly.
@benhamill I remember the first time I saw i18n. I kept thinking, "what is eye-eighteen-en?" It's such an awkward thing
@benhamill seriously tho typing kubernetes repeatedly again and again is annoying as shit