Re: Jargon and acronyms on this mailing list

On 2024-Aug-30, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:

> I normally wouldn't mention my blog entries here, but this one was about
> the hackers mailing list, so wanted to let people know about it in case you
> don't follow Planet Postgres. I scanned the last year's worth of posts and
> gathered the most used acronyms and jargon. The most commonly used acronym
> was IMO (in my opinion), followed by FWIW (for what it's worth), and IIUC
> (if I understand correctly). The complete list can be found in the post
> below, I'll refrain from copying everything here.
>
> https://www.crunchydata.com/blog/understanding-the-postgres-hackers-mailing-list

Good post, thanks for taking the time.

This seems a great resource to link in the
https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/So,_you_want_to_be_a_developer%3F
page or maybe in
https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Developer_FAQ
or both ... and also this one
http://rhaas.blogspot.com/2024/08/posting-your-patch-on-pgsql-hackers.html

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