Re:I can't recommend Grafana anymore
by o11c on Friday November 14, 2025 @11:51PM
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... ugh, they actually made an `o11[a-z]` abbreviation? When I picked this nick, the only term I ever saw in the wild was `i18n`.
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K8s (Kubernetes), a11y (accessibility)...
The kicker for me recently was hearing someone say "ally"
a16z, l10n, s11n,
Or without numbers,
authC/authN, authZ...
I work in this area and even I don’t know what AuthC is!
They are absurd abbreviations. The first distinguishing letter comes right after auth, so ... let's hide it?
The other fun thing is that authC and authZ sound identical for certain accents
AuthN is supposed to mean authentication.
The problem is that authorization also has an "n" in the word.
Enter authC.