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Re:Claude Session URL appended to commit messages and PR des... by TeMPOraL on Sunday August 30, 2026 @09:49AM (#49498654)
Nah, "provenance" is a good word to know. Plain English version would be, "what colour are your bits?".
Re:Claude Session URL appended to commit messages and PR des... by nonethewiser on Sunday August 30, 2026 @11:09AM (#49499345)
Good word to know, yes. Best word to use, no.

If you know “origin” or “source” and those words suffice, using a word that means the same thing but you don’t know is strictly worse for communication.

So if Claude is writing a novel, maybe provenance is the best word to use at times. If its a codebase README or variable name, its usually not.

Re:Claude Session URL appended to commit messages and PR des... by cromka on Sunday August 30, 2026 @06:54PM (#49503636)
LLMs haven't mastered the use of regular language that is the background of a jargon. Source and origin are exactly the word you'd use in IT.