> REST must be the most broadly misused technical term in computer programming history. I can’t think of anything else that comes close
ahem Agile
ahem Agile
* DevOps * Microservices * SOA * ACID * Observability
Semantic diffusion, dilution, and drift are endemic in tech because terms are so frequently co-opted by opportunists who want to find a way to sell the concept as a product.
What is interesting is that the first sentence is undermined by the second sentence, which is fairly reasonable compared to the first.
For example, and I've been guilty of this too, in data science, it's common for tutorials and examples to be use ipython/jupyter notebooks. This, however, should not be mistaken for "It's a good idea to use notebooks as part of the code-to-production pipeline." It's an easy mistake to make, and implicitly part of how AI/ML is taught.