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Allow me to quote you back to you. "It’s also not really serverless to begin with, because at the end of the day code is being executed on a physical device tha
by jzb 3y ago
Allow me to quote you back to you. "It’s also not really serverless to begin with, because at the end of the day code is being executed on a physical device that many of us might call a “server” [1]
A critical mass of people have adopted the term serverless. Therefore, the term means whatever they want it to mean, right? No sense in swimming against the tide here, correct?
Yes, words mean what people want them to mean if we're willing to shrug our shoulders and accept the new usage or terminology. That doesn't mean it's never correct to fight against sloppy or non-standard usage in the hopes that it won't be considered standard.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35811741&p=2#35812073 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35811741&p=2#35812073
- SilasX 3y agoSemi-related, it always bothered me that we use the term "wireless" for something that still has wires (just not between the endpoints). Though I don't object, or have a better alternative, and I get the logic of calling it wireless.
- 1lint 3y agoI think in the case of "serverless" we still share a common understanding of what the term means, even if the term itself is misleading. This "comprised of" issue is different in that it can easily cause misunderstanding between archaic and modern users of the phrase, where meaning is inverted.
- sebzim4500 3y agoJust because he's a hypocrite doesn't mean he's wrong in this instance.
- cogitoergofutuo 3y agoThat’s great example! That post is an unserious riff as a response to another post that meant to assert the correctness an individual’s personal definition of a term on what I found to be tenuous pedantic grounds.
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- havermeyer 3y agoI wish I could find the article I read a while ago on the history, but it reminds me of how "nauseous" ended up becoming synonymous with "nauseated."