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Re:Why I’m done with Chrome by eganist on Sunday September 23, 2018 @05:09PM (#18053229)
It's a Google reference. LGTM is their approval acronym for change control.

"Looks/looking good to me"

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Re:Why I’m done with Chrome by adtac on Sunday September 23, 2018 @05:28PM (#18053343)
Huh, I didn't know it originated at Google. I thought it was just a code review thing.
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Re:Why I’m done with Chrome by mi_lk on Sunday September 23, 2018 @05:42PM (#18053412)
Is it really a Google reference? Do you have any source for that?
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Re:Why I’m done with Chrome by eganist on Sunday September 23, 2018 @07:36PM (#18053954)
Closest I've got:

> While the story behind the coinage of LGTM remains murky at best, the earliest known use and explanation of the acronym can be traced to a feature summary of Google Mondrian, a peer-review software application for programmers, posted by Niall Kennedy[3] on November 30th, 2006.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/lgtm?full=1

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