[jdrek1]

This has nothing to do with enterprise, it's about accessibility. For most people on the planet English isn't even the first language and now you expect them to know about obscure wannabe-cutesy internet slang? Fuck that shit, what's next? UWU.md instead of README.md?

[dmit]

A --small flag would provide approximately the same amount of information - you'd still need to read the description to figure out what it does.

And thanks for the UWU.md idea, love it!

[AntonCTO]

English isn't my first or even second language. --smol creates a lot of confusion in my head. It doesn't even make any sense. Why not --less-ram or similar?

What does UWU means? Why using an artificial language instead of established one?

[Timon3]

To me, --small gives much more information. I immediately assume that it means something is smaller than the default, memory makes immediate sense. --smol on the other hand could be an acronym or a technical word I just don't know, the likelihood of random internet slang actually being one of the first interpretations seems low for most engineers.

Let's turn this around. If the flag was called --cutesy-wootesy-fartsy, would you still argue it's approximately the same amount of information? If not, can you explicitly explain why not?

[chaosharmonic]

[Scruffy voice] Second.

I'm writing out a bunch of notes for a technical screen in an UWU.md file right now (even if I'm definitely not shipping it to them like that)

[soulofmischief]

People like you make me want to code only in Brainfuck.

This sort of gatekeeping over programming culture and aesthetic is only causing the community to further splinter between people with sticks up their asses and people who just want to have fun and enjoy life.

[AntonCTO]

I don't see the limits in your ignorance. Bad names doesn't have anything in common with programming culture or aesthetic.

[__s]

If weebs are in, then I am out. Consider this my final farewell. Mods don't even ban AYAYA anymore. 40 year old men thinking they are little anime girl. Thinking they are cuties

[xmcqdpt2]

Why not? The audience is people who are deploying JS apps. Such people likely have access to the internet and are able to google "smol" if they want to know what it means. I'm not a first language speaker of English either, the system language on my phone is not English, if I google "smol" it immediately give me the translation into my system language. It takes no time at all.