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Nitpicking but am I the only one who hates "serve" being used in strange contexts? IMHO to serve is to send something over a network. If it's all happening loca
by jimbob45 7y ago
Nitpicking but am I the only one who hates "serve" being used in strange contexts? IMHO to serve is to send something over a network. If it's all happening locally, the verb should be "load" because it's just taking a file and loading it into a browser at that point.
- hombre_fatal 7y agoIf it's running an http server locally and your browser is making requests to it, it's definitely serving. Not sure how "loading" could be a better word unless you're explaining it to someone nontechnical. Surely a nitpick is supposed to be more pedantic, not less?