There were no suggested alternatives. I almost suggested that we just invert the usage, but clearly this is not a time in which one can make such jokes.

I suppose I'll just start using definitions instead: e.g., "the list of allowed IPs". Good luck googling that...

> I suppose I'll just start using definitions instead: e.g., "the list of allowed IPs".

That's pretty verbose. How about acceptlist and denylist (or blocklist)?

For "master/slave" maybe "boss/worker" would be a good substitute?

In principle, sure. In practice, when a junior wonders why they can't find anything useful when they google or grep for "acceptlist", then what?

> In practice, when a junior wonders why they can't find anything useful when they google or grep for "acceptlist", then what?

Lots of words have synonyms, so that's not a real problem. Sooner or later the search results will catch up, and in the mean time it's always an option for a junior developer to ask a question or figure things out themselves by looking at the implementation.

Not sure what to say to that. For normal corporate use, this would be standard Dilbert-esque silliness. In safety-critical situations, it would be madness.

Maybe (borrowing from audio a bit) a goodpass filter and badpass filter?

EDIT nope I’m confused, but leaving comment for completeness

EDIT2 what about andlist and nandlist?

Ha. Sounds like /r/maliciouscompliance.

producer / consumer

primary / replica

Orchestrator / Executor

None of those really capture the original connotation.

In your mind what's the original connotation?

Even master / minion would be better imo, the I prefer the others already mentioned

A producer makes, a consumer eats. That simply isn't the same as a master/slave relationship. Slaves do not "eat" what masters make. And so on.

But taking a step back, we have decades of lore giving us a sense of what "master/slave", in the technology sense, means. Ditching that for a few seconds of PC glory is madness.

Parent / child

deny list / allow list is being used by some folks in place of whitelist / blacklist.