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CGI is in no way more understandable than serverless as a concept, especially when it shares its acronym with the very popular computer generated imagery.

• recursive 6y ago
  At least it's not made out of an English language construction which is actually just wrong.
  • scrollaway 6y ago
    The english language has a bazillion "wrong" constructions. What is this, kindergarten? Serverless clearly has gotten a specific meaning in the industry, which means "without manually spinning up servers".
    • recursive 6y ago
      > The english language has a bazillion "wrong" constructions. Sometimes I complain about some of those too. Personally, I'm looking forward to the next loop around, when the concept is rediscovered again. It will need a new name. Unfortunately, that's probably going to be 20 or 30 years.
    • chalst 6y ago
      It's jargon used by part of the industry. It's not like the usual irregularities of natural language. There's no need to encourage its wider adoption.
    • coliveira 6y ago
      And this is how the English language has become what it is. If someone politely points out that the use of a word is incorrect, instead of thanking and correcting themselves, people just shrug and say: "it is what it is" and continue to spread the incorrect usage. I even wonder why bother with grammar in a language like this.