We have an unhealthy relationship with terminology in tech. On one hand we do a great job using terms to build communities and drive progress. On the other we weaponize them and create division between groups who have more in common than not.
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There's also a great deal of using terminology swaps to justify claims of
#DisruptiveInnovation, which even further reduces the incentive to cross-pollinate with people who use the old term. -
And branding. If you make up a term you get to take credit for it, even if your only contribution was creating the term.
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For the record,
@monadic, this is not a subtweet at Weave or GitOps. I changed my opinion on that in our last conversation, so I want to make sure you don't think I'm trying to subtly throw shade in your direction. I'm a fan of the work you're doing to modernize practices there. -
this is the best tweet i have ever seen.
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+1, that's very good of you Mark. Also FTR I saw your comment above and did not assume it was about GitOps.
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I'm mindful of the fact that I used the term branding and implied a negative connotation about Weave and GitOps before, and I was wrong to do it given your obviously good intentions. I'm glad there wasn't any misunderstanding, best to you and the team!
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