More useless language garbage.
Software development still has a lot of terminology with a racist or patriarchal background. Let's change that.
– Blacklist ➡ Denylist
– Whitelist ➡ Allowlist
– Killer app ➡ Beloved app
– Master/slave ➡ primary/replica— André Staltz (@andrestaltz) August 16, 2018
Let’s change these, too:
command: polite computer suggestion
error: binary challenge re-education opportunity
warning: patriarchal computer-splaining
mount: consent-based mutual-agreed shared drive addition
slot: gender-neutral hardware interface area
binary: ∞nary — there are more than two bit genders!
cookie: vegan gluten-free culture-neutral generic computer information container
buffer: flabbier. All fitness levels are valid!
FAT32: HAES32. See above
gender changer: no changes necessary
These people waste so much time on inconsequential bullshit. They are not even good suggestions — longer (more syllables) and more difficult to say than the original, and not really any clearer. The only one I semi-agree with is master/slave. However, a primary/replica and a master/slave in the computer world are NOT the same things.