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So everyonene OK with saying sunsetting instead of shutting down now?. Even though its clearly a corporate-speak?. Are we gonna be so easily manipulated?
by stemc43 5y ago
So everyonene OK with saying sunsetting instead of shutting down now?.
Even though its clearly a corporate-speak?. Are we gonna be so easily manipulated?
- seanhunter 5y agoI don't think it's corporate-speak. To my understanding the use of "sunset" as a verb comes from law where contracts and laws sometimes have "sunset clauses" ensuring they become defunct at a certain defined point in the future. From there, "to sunset" something seems a fairly logical next step.
- quotha 5y agoUmm, so it will come back up the next day?
- KerryJones 5y agoThis is the standard talk for any part of any program being shutdown (including internally among small engineering teams). Part of the difference is a "shutdown" can be a rough cut-off so people relying on the services don't have much help in the matter, sunsetting is a longer time period that allows you to transition out of using any services.
- wavefunction 5y agoI'd prefer "deprecated" which is what the teams I've worked on used. That's an actual programming term as a bonus.
- KerryJones 5y agoPedantically they are similar but not the same. https://nordicapis.com/how-to-smartly-sunset-and-deprecate-apis/ https://nordicapis.com/how-to-smartly-sunset-and-deprecate-a...
- presentation 5y agoIt being an actual programming term is a minus, nobody but computer needs knows what it means - trading one jargon for another jargon, just the one that you like.
- jpe90 5y agoThis is very clever satire of the sad state of internet discourse, well done.
- stemc43 5y agothanks - I put 0 efforts into almost all my post