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Re:Offline-First Apps: Why Should Apps Be Made to Work in an... by swyx on Sunday August 21, 2022 @06:49PM (#32545283)
what is TFA? not a familiar acronym in this context (usually it means The Force Awakens)
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Re:Offline-First Apps: Why Should Apps Be Made to Work in an... by gurjeet on Sunday August 21, 2022 @06:56PM (#32545326)
"The Fine Article". Or you can use your imagination to replace 'Fine' with any other F-word.

I think the acronym used to represent the phrase "The F*ing Article", and then, for a softer touch, people changed F to represent 'Fine'.

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Re:Offline-First Apps: Why Should Apps Be Made to Work in an... by paulclinger on Sunday August 21, 2022 @06:53PM (#32545308)
This freaking (or a variation) article; https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=TFA
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Re:Offline-First Apps: Why Should Apps Be Made to Work in an... by thwaway03 on Sunday August 21, 2022 @06:53PM (#32545310)
It stands for The "Fine" Article. If you want a less polite version, replace the F with another word
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Re:Offline-First Apps: Why Should Apps Be Made to Work in an... by centixel on Sunday August 21, 2022 @06:52PM (#32545307)
TFA from RTFA
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Re:Offline-First Apps: Why Should Apps Be Made to Work in an... by bigiain on Sunday August 21, 2022 @07:57PM (#32545734)
> from RTFA

which itself is from RTFM (manual), which was the catch-cry of early 90s irc and usenet tech newsgroups.

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Re:Offline-First Apps: Why Should Apps Be Made to Work in an... by slindz on Sunday August 21, 2022 @06:54PM (#32545314)
A school teacher might explain it to be "The Frickin Article".
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Re:Offline-First Apps: Why Should Apps Be Made to Work in an... by Espressosaurus on Sunday August 21, 2022 @06:52PM (#32545305)
The Fucking Article, at least in the circles I run in.
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