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klaaspieter / ASS.md
Created June 22, 2017 07:59 — forked from anonymous/ASS.md
Acronyms Seriously Suck - Elon Musk

From time to time, Musk will send out an e-mail to the entire company to enforce a new policy or let them know about something that's bothering him. One of the more famous e-mails arrived in May 2010 with the subject line: Acronyms Seriously Suck:

There is a creeping tendency to use made up acronyms at SpaceX. Excessive use of made up acronyms is a significant impediment to communication and keeping communication good as we grow is incredibly important. Individually, a few acronyms here and there may not seem so bad, but if a thousand people are making these up, over time the result will be a huge glossary that we have to issue to new employees. No one can actually remember all these acronyms and people don't want to seem dumb in a meeting, so they just sit there in ignorance. This is particularly tough on new employees.

That needs to stop immediately or I will take drastic action - I have given enough warning over the years. Unless an acronym is approved by me, it should not enter the SpaceX glossary.

@ralphschindler
ralphschindler / conditional-ternary-eliminate-waste.php
Created March 4, 2011 15:59
Usage of the Conditional Ternary operator to reduce brace and newline waste when processing optional method parameters
<?php
class Coordinate
{
protected $x;
protected $y;
public function __construct($x = null, $y = null)
{
(empty($x)) ?: $this->setX($x);