It would be nice to add a dictionary of acronyms or symbols frequently used in comments

[agcolom]

e.g. LGTM, :+1: , \o/, etc...

[ashleygwilliams]

WIP: work in progress WFM: works for me +1: agree/support r?: review please r+: reviewed + approved RTFM: read the fucking manual <-- never say this LGTM: looks good to me \o/: person raising hands in happy excitement

[agcolom]

Should we also add those used on IRC as well? (e.g. IMO: in my opinion, IMHO: in my humble opinion , AFAIK: As far as I know, AFK: Away from keyboard BRB: be right back, BBL: be back later, JK just kidding, STFW search the f***ing web <-- never say this MIA: Missing in action any others??

[jzaefferer]

CLA: Contributor License Agreement PR: Pull Request

xxx: Issue or pull request reference

[gibson042]

xxx: Issue or pull request reference

gh-xxx, trac-xxx: tracker-specific issue reference (preferred over #xxx)

[danielle-b]

FWIW: For What It's Worth -1: Disagree :point_up: Previous comment CLDR: Common Locale Data Repository :boom: Denotes that something is important SCM: Source Code Management Octopus: To merge more than two branches NaN: Not a Number :see_no_evil: See no evil WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You Get IRC: Internet Relay Chat (chat client) IIRC: If I Recall/Remember Correctly IDR: I Don't Remember ICR: I Can't Rememeber IIUC: If I Understand Correctly IDK: I Don't Know SUIT: Simple User Interface Toolkit npm: package manager for Javascript GUI: Graphical User Interface BEM: Block, Element, Modify(naming convention for classes in HTML and CSS) API: Application Program Interface ( set of tool and protocols used for building software applications) ES6: ECMAScript, a language specification standard that defines the standard for Javascript implementation

[kborchers]

IANAL: I Am Not A Lawyer (mostly used when discussing licenses, copyrights, etc)

[gibson042]

bikeshedding: giving disproportionate weight to trivial issues (ref) yak shaving: seemingly pointless activities which are necessary (often recursively) to accomplish an original goal (ref)

[aperala]

np: no problem EOD: End of Day

[jaspermdegroot]

tl;dr: too long, didn't read

[gibson042]

http://www.itexico.com/blog/bid/99765/Software-Development-KISS-YAGNI-DRY-3-Principles-to-simplify-your-life

KISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid ("simplicity should be a key goal in design and unnecessary complexity should be avoided") YAGNI: You Aren't Gonna Need It ("always implement things when you actually need them, never when you just foresee that you need them") DRY: Don't Repeat Yourself

[tienit150198]

https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/what-do-cryptic-github-comments-mean-9c1912bcc0a4/

ACK — acknowledgement, i.e. agreed/accepted change NACK/NAK —negative acknowledgement, i.e. disagree with change and/or concept RFC — request for comments, i.e. I think this is a good idea, lets discuss

example: Concept ACK — agree with the concept, but haven’t reviewed the changes utACK (aka. Untested ACK) — agree with the changes and reviewed them, but didn’t test Tested ACK — agree with the changes, reviewed and tested

[Baliar93]

Exploring Nearshore Software Development: the Complete Guide to Cost-effective Solution Building

https://gloriumtech.com/exploring-nearshore-software-development-the-complete-guide-to-cost-effective-solution-building/