Productionalize

I’ve already hit the grumpy old man stage of my life and nowhere is that more clear than in English usage, grammar and font choices (observant folks will note the lack of Oxford comma). Don’t get me started on less vs. fewer.

I was on a business call today when someone asked if something had been “productionalized“. I work in software, so I understand what they were saying, is it a feature that has been built and is actually in use. But why is that better than “in production”? The latter is clearer and has the benefit of using actual words.

Corporate speak is full of this nonsense. It’s all jargon to make the speaker seem more sophisticated.

What is the client’s ask?

Ask is a verb, not a noun. Seriously, stop it. Why would you say that instead of “what does the client want?”. There’s only one reason, to be pretentious.

And Comic Sans is evil…